Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system’s largest planet displays striking dancing lights when high-energy particles from space collide with atoms of gas in the atmosphere near its magnetic poles, similar to how the northern lights are […]
Dying star’s “previously unseen layers” visible in new Webb space telescope image
Spectacular new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers a detailed, never-before-seen look at a dying star. The star is actually one of two at the heart of NGC 1514, a nebula in the Taurus constellation about 1,500 light-years from Earth, NASA said in a news release. It is a white dwarf star […]
Scientists find
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising “hints” of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism. There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation, could be an ocean world capable […]
NASA releases stunning photos of planets, far-flung galaxies to mark Hubble anniversary
On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven to have “opened a new window to the universe,” with more than 1.6 million observations to date filled with compelling and surprising […]