Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer. Data collected using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, combined with prior observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, show surprisingly little methane (CH4) in the planet’s atmosphere, indicating that the interior of WASP-107 b must be significantly hotter […]
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Ames Research Center, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Gas Giant Exoplanets, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Science & Research, The Universe
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May 20, 2024
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