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Aug 2026
A Highly Reflective Atmosphere on the Lava World TOI-561b Revealed by JWST/NIRSpec Phase Curves
Ultrashort period (USP) rocky planets are expected to be depleted of any substantial gaseous envelope due to the intense irradiation they receive from their host star, making the recent detection of an atmosphere around TOI-561 b particularly surprising. That finding was based on the planet’s bulk density and dayside e...
S. Boucher, L. Dang, Alex McGinty et al.
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