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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
How-To Geek on MSN5d
How the Discovery of Uranus 240 Years Ago Doubled the Size of the Solar System
Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...
IFLScience on MSN4d
JWST Finds Its First Carbon Dioxide In Planets Outside The Solar System
The JWST has spotted the presence of carbon dioxide on HR 8799’s four known planets, part of a system astronomers use to ...
New Scientist on MSN23d
How to see every planet in the solar system at once this week
For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN21h
Four small rocky planets confirmed orbiting nearby Barnard’s star
Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...
ZME Science on MSN5d
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Have Directly Detected Carbon Dioxide on Distant Planets
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
ScienceAlert3d
JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.
Earth.com2d
First direct image of CO2 outside our solar system captured by Webb
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Space on MSN5d
James Webb Space Telescope sees four giant alien planets circling nearby star (images)
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years ...
Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
Earth.com6d
Spiral structure discovered at the edge of our solar system can't be explained
Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...