James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets

– Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to hunt for planets forming around young stars by observing protoplanetary disks, the disks of dust and gas where planets grow. – JWST observed the protoplanetary disks around three young stars – HL Tau, SAO 206462, and MWC 758. – For SAO 206462, the team discovered […]

Korean “Artificial Sun” Reactor Sets Record at 100 Million Degrees

– Scientists at the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) in South Korea set a new world record for their nuclear fusion reactor, an “artificial sun”, by generating plasma at a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius. – This is 7 times hotter than the core of the sun and they were able to sustain […]