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Cloudy Exoplanet (Illustration)

Illustration showing the top half of a rocky exoplanet against the black background of space. In the top right corner is a red dwarf star, represented as a bright circle with a red glow.

This artist’s impression shows a rocky exoplanet with a wispy, cloudy atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf star. Astronomers have identified a new method that could allow Webb to detect an exoplanet’s atmosphere in just a few hours of observing time.

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December 2, 2019
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Astronomers Propose a Novel Method of Finding Atmospheres on Rocky Worlds
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Image: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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Aug 28, 2025

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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov

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NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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