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Webb Finds Atmosphere on Giant Planet Orbiting a White Dwarf

Spectra show hydrocarbons, haze with an unexpectedly warm nightside that modeling links to a reheating event following late inward migration.

Nearby Super‑Earth Candidate GJ 3378 b Reclassified as Likely Rocky World

Webb Spectrum Reveals Dense Gas Cocoon Around an Early ‘Little Red Dot’

JWST Spectrum Shows Some ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Accreting Black Holes

ALMA Reveals 3I/ATLAS Is Exceptionally Methanol‑Rich, Indicating a Heterogeneous Interstellar Comet

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

Webb Spots Methane Gas Above Dwarf Planet Makemake

Study Finds Solar Flares Superheat Ions 6.5 Times More Than Electrons

JWST Detects Oldest Active Quasar and Direct-Collapse Black Hole Seed

NASA Completes Final Checks on SNIFS Ahead of July 18 Chromosphere Launch

James Webb Telescope Unveils Clear Atmosphere of Hot Sub-Neptune TOI-421 b

Potential Biosignatures Detected on Exoplanet K2-18b Challenge Understanding of Life Beyond Earth

Astronomers Record Ultra-Hot Nova Eruption With Unusual Silicon Signature

NASA Prepares to Launch SPHEREx Telescope to Study Universe’s Origins