NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals a Dark Airless Super-Earth That Looks Like Mercury

A nearby “super-Earth” is giving scientists a rare look at the bare surface of a distant world, and it’s far from Earth-like. Using MIRI (Mid Infrared Instrument) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have taken a closer look at the surface of a distant rocky planet called LHS 3844 b. The research [...]