James Webb Space Telescope Data Helps Reveal the True Shape of a Distant Exoplanet for the First Time
For the first time, scientists have mapped the true shape of a distant exoplanet orbiting a star 1,000 light-years away.
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A 1,100-Mile-Long Cloud on Mars is Defying Physics—This Unexpected Discovery May Reveal Why
Mars’s most unusual cloud got even stranger when researchers combined data from the ESA Mars Express orbiter mission with a new meteorological model and discovered some very strange physics.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Discovered an ‘Impossible’ Atmosphere Around a Magma-Covered World
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected the best evidence ever recorded for an atmosphere on a rocky exoplanet.
“One of the Best Habitable Zone Planets” Likely Has an Atmosphere, Says New Exoplanet Research
In hopeful news in the search for ET, researchers have discovered signs suggesting an atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like exoplanet.
James Webb Telescope Unveils Secrets of Small, Mysterious Planets That “Don’t Exist in Our Solar System.”
For the first time, astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to peer through the thick haze of a sub-Neptune planet’s atmosphere, offering new clues about one of the universe’s most mysterious and common types of worlds.
James Webb Space Telescope Snaps The First Images of an Exoplanet with Possible Life-Giving CO₂
New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s solar system.
Researchers Studying Proxima Centauri b Tout ‘Significant Leap Forward’ in Understanding Habitable Earth-Like Planets
A new analysis of exoplanet Proxima Centauri b marks a significant leap forward in understanding habitable Earth-like planets.
“Disturbing” Light Asymmetry Spotted on Exoplanet WASP-76b May Finally Have an Explanation
Astronomers say they may have finally unraveled the mystery of a disturbing light asymmetry observed on exoplanet WASP-76b.
James Webb Space Telescope Has Discovered Something On a Nearby Exoplanet That Could “Reshape Our Understanding” of Planetary Evolution
The James Webb Space Telescope, in a recent observation of exoplanet WASP-107b, has discovered some peculiar phenomena on the planet.
‘Ghost Signals’ from Trappist-1 Exoplanetary System Revealed by James Webb Space Telescope
Readings from the Trappist 1 star system have revealed "ghost signals" that could affect the search for life on its habitable zone planets.
Exoplanet Specialist Sara Seager is Rebelliously Curious
Learn what steps researchers are currently taking to find life on another planet
Learn what steps researchers are currently taking to find life on another planet
The Debrief’s intrepid host Chrissy Newton talks to MIT astrophysicist, planetary scientist, and exoplanet specialist Sara Seager.
Exoplanet Atmosphere Mapped by Researchers
Results Will Help Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Results Will Help Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Researchers have created a three-dimensional map of the atmosphere of an exoplanet 322 light-years from Earth. The resulting...