Yale’s EXPRES looks to the skies of a scorching, distant planet
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 17:11
in Astronomy & Space
Yale technology is giving astronomers a closer look at the atmosphere of a distant planet where it’s so hot the air contains vaporized metals. The planet, MASCARA-2 b, is 140 parsecs from Earth — or roughly 2.68 quadrillion miles. It’s a gas giant, like Jupiter. However, its orbit is 100 times closer to its star […]