Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Trailblazing technique uncovers real shape of scorching-hot exoplanet atmospheres

Until now, the alien white-hot worlds of exoplanets have been depicted as circular, but new research has revealed the true shape of their atmospheres to be a deformed sphere rather than a perfect circle.

Trailblazing technique uncovers real shape of scorching-hot exoplanet atmospheres
Image: Phys.org
Until now, the alien white-hot worlds of exoplanets have been depicted as circular, but new research has revealed the true shape of their atmospheres to be a deformed sphere rather than a perfect circle.

Originally published at Phys.org

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