Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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Our solar system is not as unusual as we thought
Astronomers have discovered more than 300 exoplanetary systems that have three or more known planets. Most of these planets are about the same size and spaced close together, earning them the moniker ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Individual Planets in Distant Star System
Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...
Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," offer insight into carbon dioxide, NASA says
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...
Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away
It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...
Venus is ready for its close-up: We explain its inferior conjunction
A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side of the sun. Conversely, astronomers ...
NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
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First direct image of CO2 outside our solar system captured by Webb
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
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Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...