A crumbling exoplanet spills its guts
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Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to analyze the composition of exoplanet K2 22b's interior by studying dust it emits. Surprisingly, the planet's dust contains unexpected materials like nitric oxide and carbon dioxide, suggesting it may be a disintegrating "snowball" rather than a typical rocky planet.
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