Planetary Science

Astronomers see carbon dioxide on planet outside solar system for first time

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have captured definitive evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system.

August 31, 2022
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Illustration shows what the exoplanet could look like, based on current data. NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted

Illustration shows what the exoplanet could look like, based on current data. NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted