Webb Cracks Case of Inflated Exoplanet
Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy Two independent teams of researchers have an answer. Data collected using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, combined with prior observations from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope, show surprisingly little methane CH4 in the planets atmosphere, indicating that the interior of WASP-107 b must be significantly hotter . https://science.nasa.gov/m...
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