Never-Before-Seen Molecule: Webb Reveals a “Hot Saturn” Exoplanet Atmosphere

This illustration depicts the exoplanet WASP-39 b and its star. Credit: Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian New Webb Space Telescope observations of WASP-39 b reveal a never-before-seen molecule in the atmosphere of a planet — sulfur dioxide — among other details. The telescope’s array of highly sensitive instruments was trained on the […]

3 décembre 2022
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Author: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics