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James Webb Space Telescope finds water and methane in atmosphere of ‘hot Jupiter’

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected methane and water vapor in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like world located approximately 163 light-years away. Astronomers made this discovery by using this powerful infrared space telescope to monitor the exoplanet.outer planetWASP-80 b passes by the face of its parent red dwarf star, which it orbits approximately… Read More »