A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the International Gemini Observatory in Chile during a public outreach event allowing students to work with astronomers. The comet is…
Since its 2021 launch, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revolutionized our understanding of the early universe. Now, for the first time, Webb has made its own groundbreaking discovery: an exoplanet never before observed. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Oakley Meta Smart Glasses! Webb directly imaged a young gas giant planet,…
An image of the protoplanetary disk around the star TWA 7, recorded using the European Southern Observatory’s Chile-based Very Large Telescope’s Sphere instrument, is seen with an image captured with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Miri instrument overlayed in this image released on 25 June 2025. The empty area around exoplanet TWA 7 B is…
