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Webb Space Telescope Cracks Case of Puffy “Microwaved Marshmallow” Exoplanet
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The warm gas giant WASP-107 b, known for its unusually low density and moderate temperature, may have its puffed-up atmosphere due to ...
Hubble Captures the Birth of a Sun-like Star
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system. Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Duchene (Universite de Grenoble I); Image Processing: ...
Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time
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Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists may have identified atmospheric gases on 55 Cancri e, a super-hot, rocky exoplanet. This discovery ...
Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
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This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...
Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on ...
NASA’s Fermi Sees No Gamma Rays From Nearby Supernova
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The 2023 observation of supernova SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel galaxy provided a unique chance to study cosmic ray production, but the ...
NASA’s Jet-Fueled Quest for Solar Secrets
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NASA’s WB-57 jets will capture unprecedented views of the 2024 solar eclipse, studying the solar corona and ionosphere to improve understanding of ...
Hubble Captures the Giant’s Roaring Storms and Volcanic Moon Io
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured new images of Jupiter on January 5-6, 2024, revealing dynamic weather patterns and notable storms like the ...
Webb’s Infrared Eye Uncovers Bizarre “Cat’s Tail” Dust Structure in Beta Pictoris
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The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a new structure within the Beta Pictoris system, resembling a cat’s tail. This discovery, led ...
Cyclones in Space? See How Hubble Uncovered Extreme Weather on a Distant Planet
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Astronomers have detected dynamic weather activities, such as massive cyclones, on the uninhabitable exoplanet WASP-121 b using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This ...
