Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to better understand solar system's origins
Thursday, 24 April 2025 () Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.
NASA scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet of possible alien life on an exoplanet. The planet, K2-18 b, located 124 light-years from Earth, shows the..
From favorite moons to the search for alien life, astronomer Heidi Hammel discusses the latest in astronomy and the breakthrough innovations behind her work with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In..