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Webb Detects Giant Clouds of Helium Leaking from WASP-107b


Using high-precision spectroscopic observations from the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers detected helium gas escaping from WASP-107b.

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