SMRTR Science & EngineeringNov 10, 2025Interesting Engineering

James Webb spots mysterious gas swirling in a faraway brown dwarf’s atmosphere

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The James Webb Space Telescope found phosphine gas in brown dwarf Wolf 1130C, solving why this gas seemed missing in similar objects. This discovery helps scientists use phosphine to search for alien life.

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