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Dimethyl sulfide is only known to be produced by living things on Earth, but the signature requires further investigation.

The Webb Space Telescope recently turned its focus to a nearby exoplanet and found that it may be a Hycean world, or a world completely covered in a single global ocean, and with a hydrogen atmosphere. And what’s more, the telescope detected a possible detection—note, possible detection, of dimethyl sulfide, a molecule only known to be produced on Earth by living organisms.

The JWST team announced that a mode of one of the observatorys infrared sensors indicated a reduction in the amount of light registered by the instrument.

The JWST team announced that a mode of one of the observatory's infrared sensors indicated a reduction in the amount of light registered by the instrument.

Spectroscopy, the study of how matter interacts with light, helps scientists reveal key details about very distant and dim objects in space.

The galaxy has been named Maisies galaxy after the daughter of astronomer Steven Finkelstein, of the University of Texas at Austin, who saw it for the first time on her birthday.

Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named provost of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Astronomy professor Rachel Bean has been named interim A&S dean, effective July 13.

In its first year of operations, the James Webb Space Telescope has already revolutionized our view of the cosmos. Its one-year anniversary image is a spectacularly beautiful addition.

Renowned astrophysicist, accomplished academic leader joins JHU from Cornell, where he has served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since 2018

Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.