It took a few attempts, but JWST has finally found strong evidence of an atmosphere around a rocky world outside our solar system. To add to the intrigue, this isn’t the planet’s original atmosphere — it’s a second atmosphere produced by volcanic activity. This history offers clues to how planets in otherwise inhospitable environments mightContinue reading “At last! JWST finds signs of a thick atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet”

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