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Surprising Signs of an Atmosphere Around a Tiny World, Billions of Miles Away
Astronomers Find Possible Atmosphere on a Distant World. The Universe, As It Turns Out, Is Full of Surprises.
What Happened
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected surprising signs of an atmosphere around a small rocky world billions of miles from Earth. The findings suggest the presence of volcanic gases or other atmospheric components on a body previously thought too small or too distant to retain one. Scient...
What's In Your Control
Whether you take five minutes today to feel genuine wonder about this. Whether you share it with a curious child who might grow up to study it. Whether you let it briefly remind you how vast and st...