Researchers have discovered evidence of pure quartz in the atmosphere of a giant world 1,300 light-years away. NASA's Webb telescope made a definitive detection of methane gas in the atmosphere of the 'warm Jupiter' WASP-80 b. The discovery also includes observations of sulfur dioxide and silicate in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-107b, but methane was not detected.
A study in @Nature reports observations from the James Webb Telescope of the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-107b, which include sulfur dioxide and silicate. Methane was not detected. 🔒 https://t.co/cdIfxl98m9 https://t.co/BTOA7skBe1
Nature research paper: Methane throughout the atmosphere of the warm exoplanet WASP-80b https://t.co/sp4aC0SXG1
Webb identifies methane in an exoplanet's #atmosphere @NASA @nature https://t.co/8imU6Mdj86 https://t.co/eNtxYDv0Yp
Catch a whiff of this. Webb made a definitive detection of methane gas in the atmosphere of “warm Jupiter” WASP-80 b. (The planet is similar in size to Jupiter, but with much warmer temperatures.) Hear directly from the research team on their discovery: https://t.co/0m2MzEelQ2 https://t.co/pVHHfCzI99
Earth's surface teems with quartz. For the first time, on a giant world 1,300 light-years away, researchers found evidence of pure quartz in the atmosphere. https://t.co/tLrHMgjZkV
We May Have Found a Super-Earth Planet With an Atmosphere ⤵️ https://t.co/79kBEek1hs