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Astronomers Get the Best Look yet at the Surface of an Exoplanet

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Washington: Astronomers have ‌gotten their clearest look yet ​at the surface of an exoplanet - a planet beyond our solar system - thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.Webb gathered data on a rocky exoplanet with a diameter about 30% larger than Earth that indicates it is a desolate and airless world whose surface may resemble that of Mercury, our solar system's innermost planet. Its lack of a discernible atmosphere and its extreme tempera…

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured the clearest images yet of the surface of an exoplanet, a planet outside our solar system. The data on the rocky world, 30 percent larger than Earth in diameter, suggests it is a wasteland with a surface similar to Mercury.

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