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WASP 127B

Dany
February 15, 2022

This is Planet WASP 127B! It is a distant gas giant located about 525 light-years from Earth. WASP-127b is like any other giant planet: it is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium. What to do when the gases are hot? They are evolving. Like a hot air balloon, the WASP-127b became the softest known…

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WASP 76b

Dany
September 28, 2021

Wasp 76b is a planet with a cloudy sky all the time. The new planet was discovered about 390 light-years from Earth a few years ago. Researchers say that instead of rain clouds, there are clouds full of iron. It has an atmosphere similar to that of Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System….

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