James Webb Space Telescope's new technique could reveal water-rich exoplanets
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The James Webb Space Telescope will analyze minerals in cooled lava on exoplanets to detect signs of water. This new approach focuses on basalt, a common rock formed when lava cools, which can reveal if liquid water was involved in its formation through the presence of specific minerals detectable by JWST's instruments.
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