The James Webb Space Telescope's possible detection of biological chemicals on the exoplanet K2-18b may just have been methane gas, a new study cautions. Planned follow-up observations could solve the ...
K2-18b, located about 120 light years away from Earth, is an exoplanet that receives a similar amount of solar radiation as Earth, making it a candidate for supporting life. Unlike Earth’s ...
Exoplanet, K2-18b, raised several eyebrows with both the scientific community and the public in 2023 when NASA’s James Webb ...
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have modeled the weather on a distant exoplanet, revealing winds whipping around ...
NYU Abu Dhabi Research Scientist Jasmina Blecic and Associate Professor Ian Dobbs-Dixon from the Centre for Astrophysics and ...
Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how the ...
The report says NASA found over 100 areas on Orion's heat shield — where thermal material protects the spacecraft from the heat of reentry — had worn away "differently than expected" during the ...
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope say they have successfully mapped the weather of a planet 280 light years ...
NYU Abu Dhabi Research Scientist Jasmina Blecic and Associate Professor Ian Dobbs-Dixon from the Centre for Astrophysics and Space Science (CASS), together with colleagues from the James Webb Space ...
Researchers utilizing NASA's Curiosity rover's ChemCam instrument unveiled elevated manganese levels in lakebed rocks within ...
There, in the permanent shadow facing away from its host star WASP-43, the skies of the gas giant also known as WASP-43b are ...
Amid the eerie darkness of the permanent nighttime on the gas giant Astrolábos, also known as WASP-43b, turbulent cloud cover ...