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Webb Telescope captures exoplanet dramatically shedding its atmosphere in real time
Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...
First of Its Kind: Webb Telescope Spots a Planet Losing Its Atmosphere
Using the JWST, an international team featuring UNIGE scientists has detected enormous clouds of helium streaming away from ...
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Webb Space Telescope captures its first image of a distant planet
The Webb Space Telescope just took its first direct image of a distant world outside of our solar system. Exoplanet HIP 65426 b is 6-12 times larger than Jupiter and orbits 100 times further from its ...
Space.com
How do you build a moon? The James Webb Space Telescope has just given us our best look
For the first time, the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk around a planet has been revealed. The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that ...
The Debrief
James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Images of “Repetitive, Predictable Structures” in a Rare Star System
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever image of four dust spirals surrounding the Wolf-Rayet stars in the Apep system.