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JWST Finds Bizarre Planet Is Baked by Auroras, Far From Any Sun


What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address, as an international team of researchers investigated the atmospheric composition of a nearby rogue planet, including its atmospheric temperature and auroras.

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