JWST Finds CO2 in Exoplanet Atmosphere
Using JWST’s spectrograph, researchers have measured a distant exoplanet’s atmospheric composition and found carbon dioxide for the first time.
JWST can do more than just take pretty — and sometimes blobby — images. Using its spectrograph, researchers can measure the composition of distant objects. In a first-of-its-kind measurement, JWST revealed carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the exoplanet…