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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made the first identification of sulfur dioxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere. Its presence can only be explained by photochemistry – chemical reactions triggered by high-energy particles of starlight. Photochemistry is essential to processes on Earth key to life like photosynthesis and the generation of our ozone layer. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt; Center for Astrophysics-Harvard & Smithsonian/Melissa Weiss.

November 22, 2022

Detected: sulfur compound created by photochemistry in exoplanet atmosphere

Cover of final report

November 07, 2022

New Report Outlines a Major Initiative to Study Geologic Hazards Related to Subduction Zones

ouis and Lore Brown at an annual Carnegie celebration with scientists and members of the Board of Trustees.

September 22, 2022

Physicist’s Estate to Advance Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry at Carnegie

Artist illustration of WASP-39b, courtesy of NASA, ESA, and J.Olmsted

August 25, 2022

First Clear, Detailed, Indisputable Evidence Of Carbon Dioxide Found In Exoplanet Atmosphere

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