Catch the (Alien) Rainbow

Apr 25, 2024 · 31 min · Season 2 · Episode 19 · 45.7 MB

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As scientists discover and explore the atmospheres of more and more planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, we are learning that if you can imagine it, it probably exists. In a new paper discussing the planet WASP-76b, researchers describe what appears to be a giant rainbow in the atmosphere of another world... a circular rainbow... and it's not caused by refracted starlight!