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Webb detects ammonia and unexpected chill on a distant giant planet
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers led by the University of Maryland identified water, methane and ammonia in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a giant planet 500 light-years from Earth.
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- Phys.org Reporting source
Webb detects ammonia and unexpected chill on a distant giant planet ↗
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-webb-ammonia-unexpected-chill-distant.html