Methane Identified in the Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-80b

BAERI’s Taylor Bell and a team of researchers have identified the presence of methane in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-80b, a Jupiter-sized planet 163 light years away from Earth. Data from the James Webb Space Telescope enabled this discovery. Bell and his colleague Dr. Luis Welbanks discuss their findings, recently published in the journal Nature.