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Webb Finds Evidence of Hydrothermal Processes in Interiors of Eris and Makemake

By News Staff February 15, 2024

The icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake have surfaces bearing methane ice of unknown origin. According to an analysis of data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, Eris and…

Scientists Recreate Extraterrestrial Atmospheric Hazes in the Lab

By News Staff November 27, 2023

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has begun its scientific mission, which includes the atmospheric characterization of transiting exoplanets. Some of the first exoplanets to be observed by Webb have…

Europa’s Carbon Dioxide Originates from Source within Its Subsurface Ocean, Planetary Scientists Say

By News Staff September 22, 2023

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has an ocean beneath a crust of water ice. Solid carbon dioxide has previously been observed on the surface, but the source was unknown. Two teams…

Webb Detects Hydrogen Peroxide on Ganymede

By News Staff July 30, 2023

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the only satellite in the Solar System known to have an intrinsic magnetic field. Interactions between this field and the magnetosphere of Jupiter are expected to…

Webb Observes Enceladus’ Water Vapor Plume

By News Staff June 2, 2023

As Enceladus orbits rapidly around Saturn with a period of only 1.37 Earth days, the ejected water vapor is spread along and around its orbit, forming a large torus around…

Webb Finds Evidence of Hydrothermal Processes in Interiors of Eris and Makemake

Scientists Recreate Extraterrestrial Atmospheric Hazes in the Lab

Europa’s Carbon Dioxide Originates from Source within Its Subsurface Ocean, Planetary Scientists Say

Webb Detects Hydrogen Peroxide on Ganymede

Webb Observes Enceladus’ Water Vapor Plume

Astronomers Propose New Definition of Planet

Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas