Friday, 19 May 2017

'Warm Neptune' Has Unexpectedly Primitive Atmosphere

Illustration of the atmosphere of the distant

A study combining observations from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium.





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