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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.

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...

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...