Straight to the point
The mighty James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the atmosphere of a scorching exoplanet called WASP-39 b. There was a lot of organic stuff detected by Webb, as you can see from the data.
The Data
Scientists used multiple powerful instruments on Webb to analyze starlight filtered through the planet's atmosphere, revealing different chemical's fingerprint.
Amazingly, Webb detected a whole host of chemicals, including sodium, potassium, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide.
This data gives us a detailed look at WASP-39 b and gives astronomers clues about how this giant planet formed and demonstrates Webb's incredible ability to gain new insights into exoplanet atmospheres.
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Wasp:Exoplanet WASP-39 b (Transmission Spectra)