What is it about?
Giant planets around low-mass stars are relatively rare. WASP-80 b is one of these rare worlds, challenging our understanding of how planets form. In this paper, we present observations from the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope, and we discuss how this unique planet may have formed.
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Why is it important?
The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing our knowledge of the thousands of known planets outside of our solar system. In this paper, we highlight this potential with one unique planet, WASP-80 b.
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This page is a summary of: A precise metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen ratio for a warm giant exoplanet from its panchromatic JWST emission spectrum, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2416193122.
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