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EXOPLANET · a giant with a spectrum
The second of the four photographed giants, big enough and bright enough that astronomers have split its light into a spectrum and read its atmosphere: water vapor and carbon monoxide, weather report from a world we can actually see as a dot of light. Direct imaging is the future of exoplanet science, and this family is its training ground.
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