Distant Galaxy Has Similar Icy Dust to the Milky Way. So, Similar Planets?

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[Article already published on March 18, 2025] Again and again the same question: are we alone in the Universe? Until the proof to the contrary, yes, we are. However, thanks to ever more sophisticated equipment and evolving methods, we are trying both well and badly to discover a planet on which life can establish itself. Recently, NASA announced that CO2 had been detected in a planetary system located 130 light years away from the Earth.

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unlocked the depths of interstellar space with unprecedented clarity, providing humanity with a high-resolution window on the cosmos. Using this new capacity, an international team of researchers has decided to study how polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) – organic molecules and key actors in chemistry – [...]

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What looks like an epic scene from Star Wars is actually one of the four large telescopes of the Chilean Paranal Observatory at work. The four bright yellow laser beams that permeate the starry night help the telescope and its adaptive optics capture as sharp a picture of space as possible – almost as if it were itself in space. Space telescopes such as Hubble or the James Webb telescope provide sharp images from space – a great advantage of the…

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The direct observation of exoplanets takes a spectacular course thanks to the unprecedented capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope. Astrophysicists have just unveiled images of striking accuracy showing clouds of siliconized particles floating in the atmosphere of a distant gas giant. These discoveries, published in Nature magazine, offer a fascinating overview of the weather conditions prevailing on the Earth's planets. ... Read more Th…