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“WASP-121b”
Vaporised Metal Found in the Air of an Exoplanet
The top of the planet’s atmosphere is heated to a blazing 2,500 degrees Celsius (4,600 Fahrenheit), hot enough to boil some metals. [Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STSci)]

BERN, Switzerland (University of Bern PR) — An international team of researchers led by the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS of the University of Bern and the University of Geneva studied the atmosphere of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b. In it, they found a number of gaseous metals. The results are a next step in the search for potentially habitable worlds.

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  • Parabolic Arc
  • October 10, 2020