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Webb space telescope helps spot planet losing atmosphere

Planetary atmospheres can sometimes leak into space. Earth experiences this as well, losing a little more than 3 kg of material every second (mainly hydrogen), and this loss cannot be reversed

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An artist’s view of WASP-107b. PIC COURTESY/Thibaut Roger

An artist’s view of WASP-107b. PIC COURTESY/Thibaut Roger

Researchers  have detected enormous clouds of helium drifting away from the exoplanet WASP-107b using the James Webb Space Telescope.

Planetary atmospheres can sometimes leak into space. Earth experiences this as well, losing a little more than 3 kg of material every second (mainly hydrogen), and this loss cannot be reversed. 

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