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 carbon dioxide in a distant planet’s atmosphere. This breakthrough not only confirms that the massive planets of HR 8799 likely formed through core accretion,
Webb Telescope Captures First Direct Evidence of Carbon Dioxide on an Exoplanet
In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called WASP-39b. But that detection was made indirectly, so the latest accomplishment newly validates the telescope’s ability to spot the gas in distant star systems.
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a cautionary tale from planet hunting’s prehistory ...
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Astronomers find that a surprising number of exoplanets could host lifeFor years, astronomers have searched the cosmos for planets capable of supporting life. Most efforts focus on the "habitable zone," the region around a star where a planet could have liquid water. But ...
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Exoplanet breakthrough: Four rocky worlds circle Barnard's StarScientists have discovered four planets orbiting Barnard's Star, the closest solitary star to Earth, located approximately ...
Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...
MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...
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4 rocky exoplanets found around Barnard's Star, one of the sun's nearest neighborsThe planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...
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