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The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water around a rocky exoplanet but where did this water vapour come from and how can it exist where it does?
While the discovery of water vapor on a hot, rocky exoplanet is groundbreaking, astronomers are treading cautiously. Read on to find out why?, Technology & Science News, Times Now
Using Webb's Near-Infrared Spectrograph, the team observed GJ 486 b transiting its star. Two transits lasting about an hour were observed for this study.