SciTech Daily · 1d
Webb Space Telescope Reveals a Uniquely Inflated and Asymmetric Exoplanet
Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to detect atmospheric asymmetry in the exoplanet WASP-107b. This unprecedented observation reveals differences in temperature and cloud properties between the planet's east and west sides,
C&EN · 17d
How the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing the weather and chemistry on planets around other stars
Ditsö`, also known as WASP-17 b, orbits a star 1,300 light-years from Earth. One side of the planet is perpetually locked so that it faces the star and is thus permanently illuminated as the dayside. That half of the planet reaches temperatures of 1,773 K (1,500 °C), according to Hannah Wakeford, an astrophysicist at the University of Bristol.
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