Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet K2-18b. A new analysis of the same data casts doubt on the earlier findings
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Is this a hint of life on another world, or just a lot of hot air?
The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s ‘little red dots’ come into focus
A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied hundreds of these “little red dots” and found clues about their identity.
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2 galaxies, the Penguin and the Egg, get a family portrait thanks to Webb Telescope
The galaxies’ fanciful names belie their actual ages: In this case of the Penguin and the Egg, it’s the Egg that came first.
