ScienceJWST Cracks the 'Pink Planet' Mystery: Salt Clouds 57 Light-Years AwayThe James Webb Space Telescope has finally peered inside GJ 504b, a strange pink-hued world orbiting a sun-like star, and found something never confirmed before in such an object: skies laced with salt.
ScienceAstronomers Detect Magnetic Fields Around Exoplanets for the First TimeUsing the Very Large Telescope, astronomers measured planet-wide magnetic fields on seven hot Jupiters — a key ingredient for habitability and a first in exoplanet science.
ScienceJWST Just Read the Surface of a Distant Planet for the First TimeAstronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly characterize the rocky surface of LHS 3844 b — a tidally locked super-Earth 49 light-years away — confirming it is a barren, atmosphere-free world.
