Exoplanets

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Studying Exoplanets
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 1,300 light-years from Earth.
Posted October 16, 2023
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Red Giants
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
A large, gaseous exoplanet orbits a red giant star that should have destroyed it. It’s 530 light-years from Earth.
Posted September 30, 2023
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