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Temperature of a rocky exoplanet measured

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Researchers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The result indicates that the planet's dayside has a temperature of about 500 kelvins (roughly 230�C) This is the first detection of any form of light emitted by an exoplanets as small and as cool as the rocky planets in our own solar system.
Published 2 months ago

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