Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33 000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jetstream of its kind ever measured on a planet. The discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile and provides unique insights into the weather patterns of a distant world.

WASHINGTON, D.C – Typically, summer internships are about gaining work experience and networking. But for Midshipman Olivia Rae Achenbach, her summer internship at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) helped reveal surprising properties of our distant galaxies. 

A new computational method gleans more information than  its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.

For his work in developing the complex seismic monitoring tools that were essential to building an operational Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), the Seismological Society of America (SSA) honors Jeffrey Given with the 2025 Frank Press Public Service Award.