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An artist’s concept of WASP-18 b, with a lightly orange cast, created by Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC).

May 31, 2023

JWST Finds Traces of Water in a Super-hot Gas Giant’s Atmosphere

An artist's conception of GJ 1214 b. Although the sub-Neptune planet has been studied by astronomers for more than a decade, its opaque atmosphere has made it difficult to gain an understanding of its makeup until now. JWST enabled a team of astronomers to study its atmosphere in never-before-seen detail, revealing a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC).

May 10, 2023

JWST reveals elusive planet’s reflective atmosphere

Asteroid Ryugu captured with Hayabusa2’s Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) on July 20, 2018 at around 16:00 JST. Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.

February 24, 2023

Organic molecules found on first primitive asteroid sample returned to Earth

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NASA Auriga AB

April 05, 2022

Campus News

Direct images of young exoplanet points to controversial disk instability theory

A star rises behind a planet, illuminating the planet's atmosphere.

June 29, 2021

Carnegie-led team wins $1.5 million grant to study atmospheres of the galaxy’s most common exoplanets

This illustration shows a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

March 03, 2021

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Six questions in astronomy and astrophysics

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