Does the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b have an atmosphere after all?
TRAPPIST-1 b is one of seven rocky planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, located 40 light-years away. The planetary system is ...
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JWST Study Suggests 'Barren' TRAPPIST-1 World Might Have an Atmosphere After All
In stark contrast with a paper released last year that determined the exoplanet was likely to be bare and barren, new data ...
Earth-Sized ‘Planet B’ In Nearby Star System May Have An Atmosphere, Scientists Say
An exoplanet in the Trappist star system — a multi-planet star system similar to the solar system and just 39 light-years ...
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The light of the planet TRAPPIST-1 b measured in two color
TRAPPIST-1 b, the innermost planet, was recently observed in depth by JWST in the mid-infrared, a type of light to which our ...
Scientists open the door to the possibility that exoplanet Trappist-1 b could have an atmosphere
The Spanish Centro de Astrobiologia (INTA-CSIC) has participated in the latest research, based on observations from the James ...
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Does Exoplanet Trappist-1 B Have Atmosphere After All?
New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope no longer rule out the presence of an atmosphere around the Earth-sized ...
TRAPPIST-1b: Bare Rock or Hazy Alien World? Webb’s Surprising Discovery
New observations of TRAPPIST-1b using the James Webb Space Telescope have provided detailed insights into the potential ...
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth
Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ...
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A complete analysis of all the mid-infrared data collected on TRAPPIST-1 b
A recent study presents a thorough analysis of mid-infrared data collected on TRAPPIST-1 b to assess whether the planet has ...
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: What Is a Light-Year?
Year? A light-year is the distance light travels in one year. Light moves incredibly fast — about 186,000 miles (300,000 ...
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James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter
By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny ...
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Astronomers find the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt
Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids, ranging from the size of a bus ...