Exoplanet TOI-561 b is the closest of four worlds orbiting a 10-billion-year-old G-type star roughly 280 light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration NASA’s James Webb ...
The Webb telescope has detected a dark, atmosphere-less rocky exoplanet that could shed light on how Earth-like worlds die.
Webb's rocky revelation: Webb’s infrared data show LHS 3844 b is a hot, airless rock with basalt-rich terrain, extreme temperature contrasts, and no signs of volcanic gases. Pandora's mission start: ...
The light from LHS 3844 b does not suggest oceans, clouds, or even air. What it points to instead is a dark, battered surface. This surface may have more in common with Mercury or the Moon than with ...
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to ...
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