Life on Mars? Saturn’s Surprise and More – The Biggest Science Breakthroughs (Sept 21–22, 2025)
Key Facts: Astronomy & Space Webb Hints at Atmosphere on an Earth-Like Exoplanet: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope announced intriguing results from the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. JWST observed the Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e (about 41 light-years away) as it passed in front of its star, and the data “hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere” scitechdaily.com. This planet lies in the star’s temperate habitable zone, where liquid water could exist. If further Webb observations confirm an atmosphere, it would mark the first-ever detection of an atmosphere on a rocky world in a star’s habitable zone scitechdaily.com – a major