Article 66450 Webb Telescope Reveals Noxious Atmosphere of a Planet 700 Light-Years Away

Webb Telescope Reveals Noxious Atmosphere of a Planet 700 Light-Years Away

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Isaac Schultz
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Astrophysicists on Earth are no strangers to WASP-39b, an exoplanet orbiting a star about 700 light-years from Earth, though they've never actually seen it directly. Now, the Webb Space Telescope has offered fresh insight into this distant world: Its observations have revealed the recipe list for the planet's toxic...

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