Hubble Detects An Exoplanet’s Stratosphere

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope report finding evidence that a large, hot planet orbiting a distant star has a stratosphere, holding promise that it may be possible to study atmospheric processes on exoplanets across interstellar space. The planet, designated WASP-33b, is more than four...

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