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Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planet

Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planet

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exoplanet with an atmosphere unlike any see...
Clues to the migration path of hot Jupiters in their orbits

Clues to the migration path of hot Jupiters in their orbits

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 The first exoplanet discovered in 1995 was a hot Jupiter, a Jupiter mass planet orbiting its star every few days....
NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

NASA December 16, 2025
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, whose atmospheric com...
Ultra hot super Earth shows dense atmosphere over magma ocean

Ultra hot super Earth shows dense atmosphere over magma ocean

SpaceDaily December 14, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 A Carnegie-led team using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has obtained the strongest evidence so far for an atmos...
Hidden circumbinary giant planet emerges from decade old Gemini data

Hidden circumbinary giant planet emerges from decade old Gemini data

SpaceDaily December 14, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Astronomers have directly imaged a giant exoplanet orbiting a pair of stars, in a configuration reminiscent of...
NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World

NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World

NASA December 11, 2025
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar s...
RISTRETTO spectrograph cleared for Proxima b atmospheric hunt

RISTRETTO spectrograph cleared for Proxima b atmospheric hunt

SpaceDaily December 9, 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 The RISTRETTO project at the University of Geneva has reached a key stage, with several core elements of i...
Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST

Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST

SpaceDaily December 3, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competenc...
Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion

Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion

SpaceDaily November 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyzed the vibrations of a distant red giant sta...
Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments

Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments

SpaceDaily November 21, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a...
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster

NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster

NASA November 20, 2025
Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They used data from NASA’s TESS ...
Exoplanet map initiative earns NASA support for University of Iowa physicist

Exoplanet map initiative earns NASA support for University of Iowa physicist

SpaceDaily November 17, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 University of Iowa physicist David Nataf will lead a NASA-funded research project focused on producing detailed th...
TESS finds three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting binary stars

TESS finds three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting binary stars

NASASpaceflight November 9, 2025
Through international collaboration, a team of astronomers has confirmed two exoplanets and found hints of… The post TESS finds three Earth-sized e...
Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests

Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests

ESA October 9, 2025
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

NASA September 29, 2025
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming dis...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

NASA September 29, 2025
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming dis...
Webb studies moon-forming disc around massive planet

Webb studies moon-forming disc around massive planet

ESA September 29, 2025
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-for...
NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

NASA September 17, 2025
The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found. The official number of e...
NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle

NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle

NASA September 9, 2025
An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially t...
NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

NASA September 8, 2025
Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Careful analysis of the results so far p...