The methane emission is explained by solar-excited fluorescence. Sunlight interacts with methane molecules, causing them to ...

Dwarf planet Makemake may not be as inactive as astronomers believed, as per recent readings by JWST Researchers have ...

Makemake is about 890 miles wide, roughly two-thirds the size of Pluto. Early observations indicated it had almost no atmosphere—essentially just a little air, if any. However, Webb's powerful ...

For years, astronomers believed that Makemake, one of the brightest icy bodies beyond Neptune, was a frozen relic of the ...

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

A study of the "failed star" brown dwarf known as "The Accident," conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope, may reveal a ...

Astronomers using the Webb Telescope detect a faint smudge that may be the first galaxy, or a nearby impostor, named ...

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have spent two decades and large portions of their exorbitant wealth creating new space technologies. Their plan is to reshape how humans live.

A detailed study of a cosmic mystery known as "The Accident" has now provided new insight into the formation of clouds on ...

When astronomers observe a planet passing in front of its star, the slight dip in starlight reveals a wealth of information.

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.