Greenbelt, MD - Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17
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A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters used data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to identify the presence of quartz nanocrystals in the upper atmosphere of WASP-17 b, an exoplanet.