The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already proven itself adept at peering into the past by imaging objects at enormous distances, but a new breakthrough may have made the powerful instrument behave almost like a scientific crystal ball behaves, staring into Earth’s distant future. solar system. The JWST carried out its prediction when it … Read more
Astronomers have discovered a rare system of six young planets and a possible seventh dancing around a misbehaving young star. Not only could this system provide much-needed insight into how planets form and evolve around a young star, but its similarity to the Solar System could give astronomers a snapshot of what our cosmic environment … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has seen Beta Pictoris like never before, capturing a previously unseen structure that is giving the young planetary system a dusty cat’s tail. Located 63 light-years away from us, Beta Pictoris is a star about twice the size of the Sun and eight times as bright, surrounded by a … Read more