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First-Ever Planet Found in the 'Forbidden Zone'—and It's Freezing
WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...
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Astronomers Say There's an Increased Possibility of Life on This Distant Planet
The team behind the paper hopes that more study with the James Webb Space Telescope will help confirm ... chemistry rather than life." The TRAPPIST-1 planets, he said, are being researched as ...
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James Webb Space Telescope finds water in the air of exotic 'sub-Neptune' exoplanet
"I had been waiting my entire career for Webb so that we could meaningfully characterize the atmospheres of these smaller ...
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Check Out Jupiter’s Stunning Auroras, Which Are Hundreds of Times Brighter Than Earth’s, in the James Webb Telescope’s Latest Images
The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...
Does the planet K2-18b show signs of life? | Explained
K2-18b, a potentially habitable exoplanet 124 lightyears away, may contain biomarker DMS, but its habitability remains uncertain.
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Here are 10 photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope after 35 years in space
The telescope has taken a wide variety of photos documenting celestial bodies, from Earth’s neighboring planets like Mars to faraway nebulae trapped in space and time, like the Horsehead and ...
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'We May Not Be Alone': Astronomers' Startling Discovery From NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Finds Possible Alien Life on Planet
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists detected chemical ... said atmospheres on other planets are complex and difficult to understand, especially with the limited information available ...