Astronomers discover exotic atmosphere on scorching hot exoplanet Cuancoá. 'Like finding a snowball that hasn't melted in a fire'
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a ...
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A 2,000°C Planet That Shouldn’t Exist—And It’s Teaching Us Something Big
Astronomers have identified an extreme exoplanet, LTT 9779 b, that is reshaping our understanding of planetary atmospheres. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers discovered that ...
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A Fiery Exoplanet With Mysterious Clouds Is Reshaping Our Understanding of Worlds
Illustration of LTT 9779 b, the only known ultra-hot Neptune. Using the Webb Space Telescope, researchers mapped its dynamic atmosphere, discovering powerful winds, silicate clouds, and traces of ...
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How Long-Lasting Disks Might Affect Life Beyond Our Solar System
What can the protoplanetary disk’s lifetime teach us about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an international ...
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Astronomers discover rare exoplanet where year lasts only 24 hours
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an exoplanet, LTT 9779 b, that challenges current ideas about how planets form. This world, which belongs to a rare class of “hot ...