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“Part of the atmosphere of this planet is moving towards us at a high velocity while another part is moving away from us at the same speed,” Nortmann explained. This “double peak” in the data revealed a supersonic jetstream racing around the equator.
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Until recently, astronomers could only measure the mass and radius of exoplanets. Now, thanks to instruments like CRIRES+, they can peer into their atmospheres and even map their weather. But this is just the beginning.
The Extremely Large Telescope (yes, astronomers love to name telescopes like this), currently under construction in Chile, promises to take this research even further. With its advanced ANDES instrument, scientists will be able to study smaller, rocky planets and resolve even finer details of atmospheric dynamics. “This means we can likely expand this research to planets more like Earth,” Nortmann said.
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Until recently, astronomers could only measure the mass and radius of exoplanets. Now, thanks to instruments like CRIRES+, they can peer into their atmospheres and even map their weather. But this is just the beginning.
The Extremely Large Telescope (yes, astronomers love to name telescopes like this), currently under construction in Chile, promises to take this research even further. With its advanced ANDES instrument, scientists will be able to study smaller, rocky planets and resolve even finer details of atmospheric dynamics. “This means we can likely expand this research to planets more like Earth,” Nortmann said.
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