Planet Where It Rains Sand Is A ‘Pivotal Milestone’ Say Scientists

Planet Where It Rains Sand Is A ‘Pivotal Milestone’ Say Scientists

Artist impression of WASP-107b and its parent star Illustration: LUCA School of Arts, Belgium/ Klaas Verpoest (visuals), Johan Van Looveren (typography). Science: Achrène Dyrek (CEA and Université Paris Cité, France), Michiel Min (SRON, the Netherlands), Leen Decin (KU Leuven, Belgium) / European MIRI EXO GTO team / ESA / NASA Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb …

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Webb Telescope’s Jaw-Dropping New Images Of The Crab Nebula

Webb Telescope’s Jaw-Dropping New Images Of The Crab Nebula

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has gazed at the Crab Nebula in the search for answers about the … [+] supernova remnant’s origins. Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) have revealed new details in infrared light. Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, T. Temi The James Webb Space Telescope has returned spectacular new images of …

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Why This Jaw-Dropping Jupiter Image From JWST Is Surprising Scientists

Why This Jaw-Dropping Jupiter Image From JWST Is Surprising Scientists

This image of Jupiter from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) shows … [+] stunning details of the majestic planet in infrared light. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley), Thierry Fouchet (Observatory of Paris), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley), Joseph DePasquale (STScI) …

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Swatch lets you put a Webb space image on a watch face

Swatch lets you put a Webb space image on a watch face

ESA/Swatch Space fans have been marveling at the stunning images beamed to Earth by the James Webb Space Telescope ever since it went into operation last year. The most powerful space telescope ever built is using its near-infrared camera (NIRCam) to peer deeper into space than ever before, with scientists hoping that its discoveries could …

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Webb Telescope Probes Rocky Planet In ‘Solar System 2.0’

Webb Telescope Probes Rocky Planet In ‘Solar System 2.0’

This artist’s concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like. NASA/JPL-Caltech TRAPPIST-1 fascinates planetary scientists. Just 39 light-years from us exist seven planets orbiting a star. It’s not an exact match for our solar system—the host star is a red dwarf, a star much cooler than the sun—but all of the seven planets …

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The Webb Telescope Just Sent Back Three Jaw-Dropping New Images

The Webb Telescope Just Sent Back Three Jaw-Dropping New Images

JWST’s mid-infrared view of the Ring Nebula. ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow (University College London), N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson (Cardiff University) It’s time you caught up with what the James Webb Space Telescope has been up to recently. After celebrating its first year in space this summer the tennis court-sized infrared observatory has been …

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