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JWST spots methane on a giant exoplanet, but its star may be distorting the signal

  • April 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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JWST spots methane on a giant exoplanet, but its star may be distorting the signal
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and elsewhere have observed a giant exoplanet known as HATS-75 b. Results of the new observations, published April 8 on the arXiv pre-print server, yield important information on the atmosphere of this planet.

Originally published at Phys.org

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