Webb Space Telescope Detects 6000-Mile Water Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb Enceladus—a tiny, icy moon of Saturn—is one of the most intriguing objects in the…
Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb Enceladus—a tiny, icy moon of Saturn—is one of the most intriguing objects in the…
A Dark Central Mass is Lurking at the Hub of a Glittering Stellar Island Gravitational traps in space, black holes, come in different sizes. Or…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest discovery is a tale of two detections. Solar system scientists took NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on a treasure…
Nearby Planetary System Seen in Breathtaking Detail A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details…
Unseen Newborn Planets Are Stirring Up Dust Around a Young Star Our universe is so capricious it sometimes likes to play a game of hide…
Astronomers reveal a detailed image of Pandora’s Cluster, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, offering new insight into cosmology and galaxy evolution. The ancient…
More observations will be needed to determine if exoplanet GJ 486 b has an atmosphere. GJ 486 b is about 30% larger than the Earth…
Protocluster Confirmed, 650 Million Years after the Big Bang How did we get here? This fundamental question may be applied on its grandest scale in…
A Huge City of Myriad Stars Turns Out to be Potato-Shaped Though it’s estimated that the universe contains 1 trillion galaxies, they come in just…
Dark Nebula is a Cauldron of Star Birth You should know where you come from, but understanding the birth of our Sun and family of…
A Dazzling Display of Star Birth Captured in Infrared A stunning smash-up of two spiral galaxies shines in infrared with the light of more than…
Glowing dust and elements display complex structures that are challenging for scientists to explain. The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the…
A Bizarre 200,000-Light-Year-Long Bridge Links a Galaxy to Its Escaping Black Hole The universe is so capricious that even the slightest things that might go…
Webb’s Infrared Image Highlights the Planet’s Dramatic Rings and Dynamic Atmosphere The planet Uranus is an oddball in our solar system, tilted on its side…
A Pair of Merging Galaxies Ignite Black Holes on a Collision Course Quasars are among the universe’s brightest fireworks. Scattered all across the sky, they…
A Rain of Icy Particles Is Affecting the Giant Planet’s Weather The planet Saturn is easily recognizable for its opulent ring system that can easily…
The amount of infrared light coming from TRAPPIST-1 b suggests that the planet is devoid of any significant atmosphere. Acting as a giant touch-free thermometer,…
Forecast for Blustery Winds, Smoggy Hazes The outer planets beyond Mars do not have solid surfaces to affect weather as on Earth. And, sunlight is…