It could be easier than we thought to find evidence of life on the icy surfaces of moons like Europa and Enceladus. Far from the Sun, in the outer Solar System, a small handful of icy moons orbiting ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly studied the surface of a rocky exoplanet for the first time, examining super-Earth LHS 3844 b about 50 light-years away. The observations ...
Mercury-like world: Webb revealed LHS 3844 b’s barren, basaltic surface, lacking atmosphere and resembling Mercury’s dark, weathered crust. Breakthrough method: Using mid-infrared heat readings during ...