Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first time
February 11, 2026
February 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 11 -- The University of California posted the following news release:
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Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first time
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Key takeaways
* If a gas giant planet is big enough to ignite deuterium fusion, it becomes a brown dwarf instead of a planet. But this definition is incomplete and does not tell us how gas giants form or what material they accreted.
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Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first time
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Key takeaways
* If a gas giant planet is big enough to ignite deuterium fusion, it becomes a brown dwarf instead of a planet. But this definition is incomplete and does not tell us how gas giants form or what material they accreted.
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