Here’s what you should know about the first cloudless, ’Jupiter-like’ planet
4 years, 2 months ago

Here’s what you should know about the first cloudless, ’Jupiter-like’ planet

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The discovery of an exoplanet, especially with unique atmospheric properties, always catches the eye. Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a Cambridge-based astrophysics research institute, have now detected an exoplanet, almost Jupiter-like, but without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere. An official news release from the Centre for Astrophysics explains how WASP-62b, which is 575 light years away and about half the mass of Jupiter, is known as a “hot Jupiter”. Munazza Alam, a graduate student at the Center for Astrophysics who led the study, used the Hubble Space Telescope to record data and observations of the planet using spectroscopy, the study of electromagnetic radiation to help detect chemical elements. Alam monitored WASP-62b as it swept in front of its host star three times, making visible light observations, which can help detect the presence of sodium and potassium in a planet's atmosphere, the release explains.

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Astronomers Discover Extremely Rare, Jupiter-like Cloudless Exoplanet 575 Light Years Away from Earth
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Astronomers find an exoplanet with a cloud-free atmosphere that's larger than Jupiter and has Saturn's mass
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Pictures of Jupiter's cloud belt sent by Juno can go toe to toe with modern art
7 years, 2 months ago

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India Today  

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Scientists discover ‘Hot Jupiter’ with deadly stratosphere located 325 light-years from Earth
7 years, 4 months ago

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Juno reveals details about Jupiter; colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia in the atmosphere
7 years, 10 months ago

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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Provides Glimpse Into Jupiter's Past
9 years, 7 months ago

Newly Discovered Exoplanet Provides Glimpse Into Jupiter's Past

NPR  

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