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The Atmosphere of One of The Hottest Exoplanets in The Galaxy Is Full of Metal – ScienceAlert
Using the light of the star it orbits, astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of an exoplanet 850 light-years away. Not just any exoplanet, but one of the …
Using the light of the star it orbits, astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of an exoplanet 850 light-years away. Not just any exoplanet, but one of the hottest we’ve ever found – and at least seven metals have now been identified floating around its atmosphere as gas.
The exoplanet is WASP-121b, a type of planet we call a hot Jupiter. That’s because it’s a gas giant so close to its star that its temperature rivals that of stars itself; cool stars, to be sure, but stars nevertheless.
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