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A pair of new studies has revealed that the hellish skies of exoplanet WASP-121b contain silicon monoxide gas, which has ...

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The exoplanet Wasp-121b orbits its star in a very close orbit. However, it originated much further away, as researchers have ...

The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected ...