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The James Webb Space Telescope has observed glowing auroras on Jupiter like never before.
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan, capturing the first evidence of ...
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is the only other world in the Solar System with rivers, lakes, and seas on its surface.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first-ever and long-anticipated detection of ice outside of our own solar system. The frozen water was found within a debris disk circling HD 181327, a ...
When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?
Through the citizen science project, called Galaxy Zoo (part of the Zooniverse platform), volunteers can help astronomers ...
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early universe. It’s a cosmic giant whose light has travelled over 12 billion years to ...
Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they ...
New views of TOI-421 b by JWST gives insight into how the most common type of planet in the galaxy might form.
The idea that our Solar System is representative of other solar systems hasn't survived the age of exoplanet discovery.
The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...
Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...