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3w ago

JWST Detects Salt Clouds on the 'Pink Planet' GJ504b

Adding potassium‑chloride or zinc‑sulfide cloud decks to models removes a previously implausible thermal result and shifts conclusions about the object's atmosphere and origin.

10 ARTICLES

7mo ago

UC Santa Cruz Model Recasts Sub‑Neptune ‘Steam Worlds’ With Colder, Smaller Interiors

6 ARTICLES

last yr.

JWST spots silicon monoxide and methane in WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing its icy origins

James Webb Space Telescope

JWST Detects Salt Clouds on the 'Pink Planet' GJ504b

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

JWST Spots Tentative Signs of an Atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1e

UC Santa Cruz Model Recasts Sub‑Neptune ‘Steam Worlds’ With Colder, Smaller Interiors

JWST spots silicon monoxide and methane in WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing its icy origins