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Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope revealed direct evidence of salty clouds in the atmosphere of exoplanet GJ504b.
Illinois, USA
Who
Aneesh Baburaj of Northwestern University and his team of astronomers
What
Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope revealed direct evidence of salty clouds in the atmosphere of exoplanet GJ504b.
When
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:41:27 GMT · 3h 29m ago
Where
Illinois, USA ·
Why
The James Webb Space Telescope enabled closer study of GJ504b's atmosphere, which was too faint for ground-based instruments.
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This discovery provides the first direct evidence of salt clouds in a cold object's atmosphere and establishes new techniques for studying other faint, cold exoplanets.
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