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James Webb Space Telescope produces most detailed signature of the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System
The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...
Scientists detect signature of life on a distant planet, study suggests
Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...
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Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...
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Scientist find strong evidence of alien life on faraway planet
Scientists using The James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered potentially earth-shattering evidence indicating ... previously detected methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet K2-18b: "This could be the tipping point"
Madhusudhan told BBC News that he hopes to obtain the clinching evidence ... In 2023, the Webb telescope detected methane and carbon dioxide in K2-18b's atmosphere, the first time such carbon ...
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Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
William Balmer, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University and lead author of the study, spoke to Space.com about how the images were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, and why these ...
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Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured this image of ... "Since the Earth's atmosphere has a lot of carbon dioxide, [it] blocks a large amount of ...