Water Found on Exoplanet That Orbits Its Star in Just 23 Hours
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The James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor in the atmosphere of WASP-18 b, a hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet that orbits its star in just 23 hours. The discovery was made possible by Webb's high-precision infrared spectroscopy, which allowed scientists to study the chemical composition of the planet's atmosphere in...