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Webb Cracks Case of Inflated Exoplanet
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Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer. Data collected using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, combined with prior observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, show surprisingly little methane (CH4)…
Article19 hours ago
Discovery Alert: An Earth-sized World and Its Ultra-cool Star
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Our galaxy is a jewel box of red stars. More than 70% of the stars in the Milky Way are M dwarfs, also known as red dwarfs. These stars are cool and dim compared with our Sun, but they often…
Article6 days ago
NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
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Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside…
Article2 weeks ago