NASA’s Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmospher...
19 Juli 20245min
Galaxies Actively Forming in Early Universe Caught Feeding on Cold Gas
Researchers analyzing data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed three galaxies that may be actively forming when the universe was only 400 to 600 million years old. Webb’s data shows...
28 Maj 20243min
NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. Precise brightness measurements over a broad s...
14 Maj 20243min
Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy
A team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy is re...
9 Apr 20245min
Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common? They contain chemical ingredients that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified surrounding two young protostars known as IRAS 2A an...
15 Mars 20243min
Neutron Star emissions found by James Webb Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a recently observed supernova. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, was a core-collapse s...
28 Feb 20246min
Webb helps discovery of TOI-715 b a Super Earth
The discovery: A “super-Earth” ripe for further investigation orbits a small, reddish star that is, by astronomical standards, fairly close to us – only 137 light-years away. The same system also migh...
19 Feb 20244min
James Webb Telescope Celebrates with Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars
Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.
1 Feb 20247min
