The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. […]
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Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release
Webb Detects The Universe’s Most Distant Complex Organic Molecules
Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth – the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Titan
Webb, Keck Telescopes Team Up to Track Clouds on Saturn’s Moon Titan
On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5, an international team of planetary scientists woke up with great delight to the first Webb images of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
A Transmission Spectrum Of The Sub-Earth Planet L98-59~b In 1.1-1.7 μm
With the increasing number of planets discovered by TESS, the atmospheric characterization of small exoplanets is accelerating. L98-59 is a M-dwarf hosting a multi-planet system, and so far, four small […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
PAH Emission From Star-forming Galaxies In JWST Mid-infrared Imaging Of The Lensing Cluster SMACS J0723.3−7327
The mid-infrared spectra of star-forming galaxies (SFGs) are characterized by characteristic broad PAH emission features at 3−20 μm.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
The Kinematics And Excitation Of Infrared Wwater Vapor Emission From Planet-forming Disks: Results From Spectrally-resolved Surveys And Guidelines For JWST Spectra
This work presents water emission spectra at wavelengths covered by JWST (2.9-12.8 μm) as spectrally-resolved with high resolving powers (R = 30,000-100,000) using ground-based spectrographs.
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Novel Method Proposed To Find Atmospheres On Rocky Worlds
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in 2021, one of its most anticipated contributions to astronomy will be the study of exoplanets — planets orbiting distant stars. Among the […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release
Detectability of biosignatures in anoxic atmospheres with the James Webb Space Telescope: A TRAPPIST-1e case study
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may be capable of finding biogenic gases in the atmospheres of habitable exoplanets around low mass stars. Considerable attention has been given to the […]