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last mo.

Psyche Releases Mars Flyby Time-Lapse After Successful Instrument Tests

The images and data validate the probe’s cameras and science sensors and confirm trajectory changes that speed its trip to asteroid 16 Psyche in 2029.

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last mo.

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

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11mo ago

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

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last yr.

JWST spots silicon monoxide and methane in WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing its icy origins

Chemical Composition

Psyche Releases Mars Flyby Time-Lapse After Successful Instrument Tests

New JWST Findings Complicate Origins of Little Red Dots

JWST Detects Salt Clouds on the 'Pink Planet' GJ504b

Webb Resolves Dawn and Dusk on Hot Jupiters

JWST Detects Methane From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

JWST spots silicon monoxide and methane in WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing its icy origins