James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon dioxide in a distant planet's atmosphere
."Webb’s success here offers evidence that it could also be able to detect and measure carbon dioxide in the thinner atmospheres of smaller rocky planets in the future."spectroscopic data JWST captured from WASP-96 b, a gas exoplanet that's approximately 1,150 light years away. The observatory detected"the unambiguous signature of water," along with haze and clouds, which were not previously believed to exist on WASP-96 b.
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