James Webb Space Telescope Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere

James Webb Space Telescope Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere

Space Sparks Episode 4: Watch this Space Sparks episode to learn more about how the James Webb Space Telescope has found definitive evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star 700 light-years away.

Credits: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann  

Editing: Nico Bartmann  

Web and technical support: Enciso Systems  

Written by: Bethany Downer  

Music: STAN DART - Organic Life  

Footage and photos: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, ESO, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. De Martin, D. Lennon, E. Sabbi, N. Bartmann, M. Zamani

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: August 25, 2022

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