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

A cooler‑than‑expected dayside suggests heat‑shifting gases above a global magma ocean.

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