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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN20h
From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Earth.com12d
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.
Science Daily14d
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 HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...
ScienceAlert on MSN5d
First-Ever Images of Neptune's Eerie Glow Finally Reveal Missing Aurora
The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory.
Space.com on MSN15d
James Webb Space Telescope sees four giant alien planets circling nearby star (images)
"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...
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 ...
Futurism on MSN9d
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 Just Captured the First Direct Image of Carbon Dioxide on an Exoplanet
Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...
Wired8d
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
“We want to take pictures of other solar ... “If these huge planets act like bowling balls cruising through our solar system, they can disrupt, protect or, in a sense, do both to planets ...
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 ...