SCIENCE // DEEP SPACE
What the James Webb Telescope Just Revealed About Rocky Exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 System
New mid-infrared spectroscopy data narrows the search for secondary atmospheres on Earth-sized worlds 40 light-years away.
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SCIENCE // SPACE
Webb Detects Dust Halos Indicating Mars-Sized World Impacts
NASA’s recent observations of distant dust halos raise questions about the frequency of planetary smash‑ups in young systems.
SCIENCE // SPACE
Webb Telescope Data Reveals Massive Planetary Collisions
New infrared observations suggest that rocky planets form through violent, Mars-sized impacts rather than gradual accretion.
SCIENCE // EXOPLANET SPECTROSCOPY
What the James Webb Telescope Just Revealed About Rocky Exoplanets in TRAPPIST-1
Measuring thermal emission across 40 light-years to test whether M-dwarf flares strip planetary atmospheres.
SCIENCE // ASTROBIOLOGY
Beneath the Ice of Jupiter’s Europa: Inside the Mission Hunting for Alien Ocean Chemistry
Ice-penetrating radar and plume mass spectrometers are probing the solar system's most promising ocean world.
SCIENCE // LUNAR OBSERVATORIES
Why Astronomers Are Building a Giant Radio Telescope Inside a Crater on the Far Side of the Moon
Shielded by 2,000 miles of lunar rock from Earth's radio chatter, robotic wire-mesh interferometers will listen to the universe's Cosmic Dark Ages.