Hustak (STScI) The big aim, though, is for Webb to detect exoplanet atmospheres. The researchers were able to gather some data on the newly detected planet’s atmosphere and to rule out some ...

When a planet gets that close to its host star, it can have its atmosphere stripped away by the star’s heat and radiation. In the case of the recently discovered exoplanet LHS 475 b ...

Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope confirmed the existence of its first exoplanet, named LHS 475 b, which is almost as big as ...

The planet is rocky and almost precisely the same size as Earth, but whips around its star in only two days. Researchers ...

The data shows that the exoplanet is an Earth-sized terrestrial (not water covered) world, but it is not known if it has an atmosphere. “The observatory’s data are beautiful,” noted Erin May ...

Furthermore, Webb’s capabilities allowed the team to attempt to characterize the exoplanet’s atmosphere and composition. “There is no question that the planet is there. Webb’s pristine ...

“The exoplanet community is just giddy at the ... of a gas giant planet’s host star filtering through the world’s atmosphere. Known as transmission spectroscopy, this technique is incredibly ...

Exoplanet scientists have worked on the idea ... It's important to look at different stages of atmospheric evolution because Earth's atmosphere changed from oxygen-poor to oxygen-rich while ...

Not only was NASA's James Webb Space Telescope able to identify the exoplanet but it was also able to detect a range of ...