Max Planck Society: Webb Reveals the Origin of the Ultra-hot Exoplanet WASP-121b
June 03, 2025
June 03, 2025
MUNICH, Germany, June 3 -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news:
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Webb reveals the origin of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b
The detection of atmospheric methane and silicon suggests that it originated in a region analogous to the Solar System's domain of gas and ice giants.
To the point
* Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zo . . .
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Webb reveals the origin of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b
The detection of atmospheric methane and silicon suggests that it originated in a region analogous to the Solar System's domain of gas and ice giants.
To the point
* Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zo . . .