Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Prebiosignature Molecules Can Be Detected In Temperate Exoplanet Atmospheres With JWST

• Status Report
• June 5, 2023

Astrogeology

Webb Space Telescope Reveals The Complexity Of Fomalhaut’s Evolving Asteroid Belt

• Press Release
• May 8, 2023

TRAPPIST-1

Thermal Emission From The Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b Using JWST

• Status Report
• March 27, 2023

TRAPPIST-1

Webb Measures The Temperature Of Rocky Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b

• Press Release
• March 27, 2023

Astrochemistry

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b

• Press Release
• March 22, 2023

Astrochemistry

Wolf-Rayet Star WR 124 Dust Contains Materials Needed For Life

• Press Release
• March 15, 2023

Astrochemistry

Webb Reveals Intricate Networks of Gas, Dust, And Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Nearby Galaxies

• Press Release
• February 16, 2023

Astrochemistry

Does Ice In The Universe Contain The Molecules Making Up The Building Blocks Of Life In Planetary Systems?

• Press Release
• February 16, 2023

Imaging & Spectroscopy

A JWST NIRSpec Phase Curve for WASP-121b: Dayside Emission Strongest Eastward of the Substellar Point and Nightside Conditions Conducive to Cloud Formation

• Status Report
• January 27, 2023

Astrochemistry

An Ice Age JWST Inventory Of Dense Molecular Cloud Ices

• Status Report
• January 24, 2023

Habitable Zones & Global Climate

Webb Telescope Unveils Dark Side of Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry

• Press Release
• January 23, 2023

Astrochemistry

SwRI-Contributed Study Provides Darkest View Ever Of Interstellar Ices

• Press Release
• January 23, 2023

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

A JWST Transmission Spectrum Of A Nearby Earth-sized Exoplanet

• Status Report
• January 11, 2023

Astrochemistry

PHANGS-JWST First Results: Variations in PAH Fraction as a Function of ISM Phase and Metallicity

• Press Release
• January 2, 2023

Astrochemistry

PHANGS-JWST First Results: Tracing the Diffuse ISM with JWST Imaging of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in Nearby Galaxies

• Press Release
• December 22, 2022

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

An Exoplanet Atmosphere As Never Seen Before

• Press Release
• November 23, 2022

Imaging & Spectroscopy

Detecting Planetary Mass Companions Near The Water Frost-line Using JWST Interferometry

• Press Release
• November 21, 2022

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

A New Method for Finding Nearby White Dwarf Exoplanets and Detecting Biosignatures

• Press Release
• September 27, 2022

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Carbon Dioxide Observed In Exoplanet WASP-39 b’s Atmosphere By James Webb Space Telescope

• Press Release
• August 27, 2022

Astrochemistry

Webb Space Telescope Identification Of Carbon Dioxide In An Exoplanet Atmosphere

• Press Release
• August 25, 2022