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Cloudless Hot-Jupiter Exoplanet Spotted | Astronomy – Sci-News.com
A transiting gas giant called WASP-62b has a cloud- and haze-free atmosphere, according to new research.
A transiting gas giant called WASP-62b has a cloud- and haze-free atmosphere, according to new research.
An artists illustration of the hot-Jupiter WASP-62b. Image credit: M. Weiss / Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Cloud-free exoplanets are exceedingly rare; astronomers estimate that less than 7% of exoplanets have clear atmospheres.
For example, the first and only other known exoplanet with a clear atmosphere, WASP-96b, was discovered in 2018.
Astronomers believe studying exoplanets…
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