@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzJWST-TST High Contrast - First Direct Spectroscopy of GJ 504 b Reveals Clouds and Possible Metal Enrichment: #Planet’ harbors a salty surprise: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/06/famous-pink-planet-harbors-a-salty-surprise - James Webb Space Telescope finds salt clouds surround one of the coldest objects ever studied.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzGEMS JWST - Transmission Spectroscopy of TOI-5205b Reveals Significant Stellar Contamination and a Metal-poor Atmosphere: #planet orbits small star: https://carnegiescience.edu/how-did-get-made-giant-planet-orbits-small-star
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzAn Earth-sized #planet on a 5.4 h orbit around a nearby K dwarf: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/03/aa56365-25/aa56365-25.html -> Masterstudent UvA ontdekt ‘amandelvormige’ exoplaneet op rand van uiteenvallen: https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/masterstudent-uva-ontdekt-amandelvormige-exoplaneet-op-rand-van-uiteenvallen-4817
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe #planet #conjunction over the #Eschenberg on 7 June at two different timesteps.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzCarbonaceous Chondrites Provide Evidence for Late-stage #Planetesimal Formation in a Pressure Bump: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae6104 -> A Giant ‘Planet Factory’ Beyond Jupiter May Have Churned out the Building Blocks of the Solar System: https://gizmodo.com/a-giant-planet-factory-beyond-jupiter-may-have-churned-out-the-building-blocks-of-the-solar-system-2000765962 - the dust-filled region likely operated over a span of two million years, birthing plenty of space rocks.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzReading between the Rings - Observed Dust Ring Properties as Probes of Planet Masses: #planets using their dusty fingerprints: https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/weighing-newborn-planets/