News Archive / Tagged: atmosphere
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Two super-Earth exoplanets to be among future Webb targets
Laurel KornfeldJuly 13th, 2022Scientists have identified two relatively close super-Earth exoplanets to be studied by the now operational James Webb Space Telescope.
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First exoplanet targets recommended for Webb observation
Laurel KornfeldMarch 27th, 2022Now that the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror has been aligned successfully, scientists are identifying the first exoplanets for observation.
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Various icy compounds make up Pluto’s atmospheric haze
Laurel KornfeldFebruary 8th, 2021Pluto's famous blue atmospheric haze likely formed differently from the hazes surrounding Saturn's moon Titan and Neptune's moon Triton, study finds.
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White mountain peaks on Pluto not caused by snow
Laurel KornfeldOctober 24th, 2020Images captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its July 2015 Pluto flyby reveal the small planet to be the only place in the solar system other than Earth to have white-capped mountains.
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Spitzer and Hubble identify atmospheric composition of “sub-Neptune” exoplanet
Laurel KornfeldJuly 6th, 2019Scientists have identified the atmospheric composition of an exoplanet larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune by studying it with both the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes.
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NOAA to launch six weather satellites later this month
Laurel KornfeldJune 18th, 2019The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to launch six remote-sensing micro-satellites next week, which will monitor weather in space and on Earth beginning approximately seven months after launch.
