Author: Stephen Sabia

  • NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision

    NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision

    In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer, and far more complex, than ever seen before. Webb’s unprecedented sensitivity across near- and mid-infrared wavelengths cuts…

  • NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted

    NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted

    That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b, an exoplanet four times the mass of Jupiter with an extremely elliptical orbit that sweeps close by its Sun-like star.

  • NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

    NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

    Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it formed. Officially named PSR J2322-2650b, this Jupiter-mass object appears to have…

  • NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

    NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

    Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Careful analysis of the results so far presents several potential scenarios for what the planet’s atmosphere and surface may be like, as NASA…