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Thursday, 19 December 2024

Young exoplanet's atmosphere unexpectedly differs from its birthplace

Conventional wisdom assumes the ratio of gases in a planet's atmosphere should match the ratio of gases in the natal disk that birthed it. For the first time, researchers compared gases in a still-forming planet's atmosphere to its natal disk. The team found the planet surprisingly was less carbon-rich than the disk.

from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/fmgwtBc

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