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The James Webb Telescope just mapped the surface of an exoplanet directly for the first time — LHS 3844 b a 'dark, hot, barren rock' stripped of any atmosphere 50 light-years ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly mapped the surface of a rocky planet outside our solar system, and the result is stark: a scorched, pitch-black world with no atmosphere, no clouds, and ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT Astronomer Mines Spitzer Space Telescope Data for Massive Starbursts

Understanding the evolution of galaxies is one of the biggest questions confronting astronomers today. Looking at distant astronomical objects gives scientists important clues to the origins of the ...
insider.si.edu

More Things in the Heavens: Infrared Exploration with the Spitzer Space Telescope

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Tune in July 7 at 8 pm ET to explore the legacy of the Spitzer Space Telescope and how it sets the stage for the future. The Spitzer Space ...
International Business Times

Milky Way Galaxy Holds 300 Million ‘Potentially Habitable Planets,’ Study Suggests

The center of the Milky Way galaxy captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al. A study suggests there could be 300 million potentially habitable ...