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Charting the Cosmic Shoreline: Which Planets Have Atmospheres?

NOV 20, 2024
New observations of the M-dwarf exoplanet Gliese 486b help astronomers map the location of the cosmic shoreline, which separates planets with atmospheres from those without. The post Charting the Cosmic Shoreline: Which Planets Have Atmospheres? appeared first on AAS Nova.
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illustration of an M-dwarf star and its planet

New observations of the M-dwarf exoplanet Gliese 486b help astronomers map the location of the cosmic shoreline, which separates planets with atmospheres from those without.

The post Charting the Cosmic Shoreline: Which Planets Have Atmospheres? appeared first on AAS Nova .