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1 week agoHuge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last
Strongest evidence yet of a coronal mass ejection from a distant star detected via characteristic radio signals, affecting exoplanet atmospheres and habitability.
Astronomers found an atmosphere where they least expected itclinging to an exoplanet that's too small, too hot and too old to have air, at least in theory. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations of the blazing-hot lava planet TOI-561 b suggest not only that it has a thick atmosphere but also that it may have had one for billions of years.