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First-ever cloudless ‘hot Jupiter’ with four-day year discovered in exoplanet survey – Firstpost
The gas giant was first detected in 2012 using the Wide Angle Search for Plants (WASP) South survey, but this is the first time that its atmosphere has been studied…
FP TrendingJan 28, 2021 18:40:25 IST
Astronomers have been able to discover an exoplanet which has no clouds. It is only the second of its kind to have been discovered. According to study authors it is also the first-ever cloudless ‘hot Jupiter’ discovered. According to a statement by Harvard University, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics and Harvard & Smithsonian were able to detect the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere. The gas giant, named WASP-62b…
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