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Astronomers discovered two pairs of Jupiter-sized planets floating through space without a star, strengthening evidence that these mysterious objects are real. The finding comes from a different region of the Milky Way than previous discoveries.
Scientists just discovered a planet where clouds made of rocky minerals appear every morning and vanish by nightfall. The James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers their clearest view yet into this bizarre alien world.
Scientists finally know why the universe's biggest stars seemed to vanish before exploding. A dust shroud so thick it fooled Hubble was hiding them all along.
Artists transformed a New York gallery into a cosmic journey using James Webb Space Telescope imagery and live electronic music. The intimate performance blended science, art, and sound into a meditation on light and the universe.
New telescope images reveal that where a galaxy lived determined how it grew, even when the universe was barely a billion years old. The discovery shows cosmic "neighborhood effects" began far earlier than scientists thought possible.
Scientists just mapped weather on a distant world for the first time, and it's nothing like Earth. A giant planet 700 light-years away has mornings filled with mineral clouds and crystal-clear nights, separated by a 170°C temperature swing.
The James Webb Space Telescope is discovering fully formed galaxies just hundreds of millions of years after the Big Bang, forcing scientists to rethink how quickly the universe evolved. Instead of finding cosmic "villages," astronomers are spotting ancient "megacities" that challenge everything we thought we knew about the early universe.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just revealed how massive star clusters break free from their cosmic nurseries three million years faster than smaller ones. The discovery could reshape our understanding of how planets form around young stars.
The James Webb Space Telescope just showed us something beautiful: newborn stars in the Whirlpool Galaxy are pushing away the cosmic clouds that birthed them, like cosmic toddlers taking their first steps. Scientists discovered that massive star clusters clean out their dusty nurseries in just 5 million years.
Scientists finally solved a 20-year puzzle about cloudy alien planets using the James Webb Space Telescope. The breakthrough reveals a dramatic weather system on a distant world that changes everything we thought we knew about planets beyond our solar system.
Scientists discovered a rare giant planet with surprisingly comfortable temperatures and a methane-rich atmosphere. The finding opens new doors for understanding how planets form and evolve.
Astronomers have discovered TOI-199b, a rare giant exoplanet with surprisingly Earth-like temperatures, marking the first detailed atmospheric study of a temperate gas giant. The breakthrough opens new possibilities for understanding planets beyond our solar system.
Scientists just delivered the first weather report from a planet nearly 700 light-years from Earth, and it's partly cloudy with a chance of vaporized rock. The James Webb Space Telescope spotted dramatically different skies on opposite sides of a distant giant planet, proving we can now track weather patterns across the galaxy.
Scientists just predicted the weather on a planet 690 light-years away, watching sandy clouds clear from morning to evening. The breakthrough reveals what gas giants really look like beneath their cloudy skies. ---
Scientists just made the first daily weather forecast for a planet 690 light-years away, revealing sandy morning clouds that clear by evening. The breakthrough lets astronomers finally see what hot Jupiter planets are really made of.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just delivered the first weather forecast for a distant exoplanet, revealing clouds made of vaporized rock that form overnight and disappear by morning. The breakthrough shows scientists can now track atmospheric patterns on worlds hundreds of light-years from Earth.
New telescope data suggests Neptune's moon Nereid survived a catastrophic collision that wiped out the planet's original moons over 4 billion years ago. The discovery challenges what scientists thought they knew about how our solar system formed.
The James Webb Space Telescope keeps finding massive, bright galaxies that shouldn't exist yet according to our current understanding of the universe's age. One physicist's peer-reviewed theory suggests a radical explanation: the universe might be twice as old as we thought.
Scientists discovered how massive star groups escape their birth clouds millions of years faster than smaller ones, potentially solving a cosmic mystery about how the universe lit up again after the Big Bang. The findings could explain what happened during a crucial period 500 million years after creation.
The James Webb Space Telescope is discovering ancient galaxies that are forcing scientists to rethink how the early universe worked. These cosmic overachievers are revealing that our understanding of the first billion years after the Big Bang needs a major upgrade.
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