Methane Discovered on Exoplanet Wasp-80 b by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made a significant discovery, detecting the presence of methane in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-80 b as it transits in front of and behind its host star. While water vapor has been found on numerous exoplanets, methane has proven challenging to identify, especially through space-based spectroscopy. The exoplanet […]
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