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JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b

NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first direct image of an exoplanet – a Saturn-mass world orbiting the nearby young star TWA 7, marking the lightest planet ever directly imaged and offering new insights into early planetary system formation.

2025-06-25T08:03:37.570161-07:00

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Webb Captures Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 Exoplanet System

2025-06-11T09:07:15.337377-07:00

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

2025-03-11T20:39:57.235561-07:00

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James Webb Telescope Reduces Threat Level of Asteroid 2024 YR4

2025-04-02T14:16:00.117112-07:00

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JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first direct image of an exoplanet – a Saturn-mass world orbiting the nearby young star TWA 7, marking the lightest planet ever directly imaged and offering new insights into early planetary system formation.

2025-06-25T08:03:37.570161-07:00

JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b

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Webb Captures Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 Exoplanet System NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope has imaged two young exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star: YSES-1c, whose atmosphere hosts silicate clouds raining like sand, and sibling YSES-1b wrapped in a circumplanetary disk. These observations offer a rare window into early stages of planet and moon formation.

2025-06-11T09:07:15.337377-07:00

Webb Captures Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 Exoplanet System

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JWST Confirms Most Distant, Starbursting Galaxy in Universe’s Infancy New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal what appears to be the universe’s earliest known galaxy—a compact, starbursting system at record-breaking distance. The discovery offers fresh insight into galaxy formation and reionization processes in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

2025-05-30T14:02:43.316056-07:00

JWST Confirms Most Distant, Starbursting Galaxy in Universe’s Infancy

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James Webb Detects Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Young Star NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected frozen water ice in the protoplanetary disk of a distant young star, marking the first direct observation of icy bodies beyond our solar system. This finding sheds light on the delivery of life-essential volatiles to nascent planets during their formative stages.

2025-05-24T03:14:39.988838-07:00

James Webb Detects Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Young Star

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JWST and Keck Uncover Clouds and Carbon Molecule in Titan’s Northern Atmosphere Combining mid-infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with high-resolution Keck II observations, researchers detected seasonal methane cloud formations and identified trace carbon-bearing molecules in Titan’s northern hemisphere, offering new insights into the moon’s atmospheric chemistry.

2025-05-18T14:58:18.237945-07:00

JWST and Keck Uncover Clouds and Carbon Molecule in Titan’s Northern Atmosphere

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Webb Captures Jupiter’s Auroras in Unprecedented Detail, Revealing Intensity and Rapid Fluctuations The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged Jupiter’s auroras at infrared wavelengths, finding them hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth and exhibiting rapid, unexplained changes. These observations challenge existing magnetospheric models and offer new insights into particle interactions in the giant planet’s upper atmosphere.

2025-05-12T07:12:21.937334-07:00

Webb Captures Jupiter’s Auroras in Unprecedented Detail, Revealing Intensity and Rapid Fluctuations

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NASA calls on citizen scientists to classify galaxies imaged by James Webb Space Telescope NASA’s Galaxy Zoo project is inviting citizen scientists to help classify thousands of galaxies imaged in Webb’s deep-field observations. Volunteers will analyze high-resolution images from the James Webb Space Telescope to accelerate research on cosmic structures and galaxy evolution.

2025-05-11T09:07:57.679120-07:00

NASA calls on citizen scientists to classify galaxies imaged by James Webb Space Telescope

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JWST Unveils Deep-Field ‘Feast’ of Thousands of Galaxies NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled a new deep-field image capturing thousands of galaxies, their starlike glow forming a cosmic ‘feast’. Spanning billions of light-years, the photo showcases the universe’s structure across epochs, offering unprecedented data for galaxy formation and evolution studies.

2025-05-01T05:04:09.242199-07:00

JWST Unveils Deep-Field ‘Feast’ of Thousands of Galaxies

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