NASA’s Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies. While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer, previously have revealed isolated ingredients of this broiling planet’s atmosphere, the new readings from Webb provide a full menu of…
NASA’s Webb Catches Fiery Hourglass as New Star Forms
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527, providing insight into the beginnings of a new star. These blazing clouds within the Taurus star-forming region are only visible in infrared light, making it an ideal target for Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera…
Gemini North catches a beautiful pax-de-deux
Using the Gemini North telescope in Hawai'i, astronomers have just caught a spectacular image of a cosmic event around 60 million light-years away from us in the direction of the Virgo constellation. The image is of two spiral galaxies, NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 are in the process of merging…
