NIRISS instrument on Webb maps an ultra-hot Jupiter-like exoplanet's atmosphere
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 11:28
in Astronomy & Space
400 light-years out there is something that is so tantalizing that astronomers have been studying it since its discovery in 2009. One orbit for WASP-18 b around its star that is slightly larger than our sun takes just 23 hours. There is nothing like it in our solar system.