Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have peered into a mysterious, blue haze cloaking the surface of Pluto — and discovered that it's dictating the entire dwarf planet's climate and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

The first observations of Pluto by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like seasonal cycles of volatile ice redistribution across its surface, and ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of an exoplanet for the first time since it began science operations in July of 2022. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ...

Recent near-infrared spectroscopic studies carried out by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) found that Pluto contains both methane and ethane on its surface, key volatile molecules often found ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest moon—including the presence of previously undetected surface chemicals. This ...

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, details some 800,000 galaxies across a vast cosmic distance. Scrolling and zooming in can take users some 13. ...