Webb Space Telescope detects quartz crystals in WASP-17 b exoplanet's atmosphere


WASP-17 b's atmosphere is incredibly harsh and consists of aerosols, which are tiny silicon dioxide particles, commonly known as silicate. Silicate is a mineral abundant in silicon and oxygen, frequently found on Earth and other rocky objects in the form of quartz. Silicate grains identified in the atmospheres of exoplanets...

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