Astronomers have found a Hot Jupiter – WASP-121b – that is leaking metal, and put together a new 3D map of the Milky Way showing that our galaxy is actually a bit twisted!
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Sources:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.00619.pdf
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab2986
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Image Sources:
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/3281/wasp-121-b/
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1919a-f-3840×2160.png
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA22565
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HD189733b.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WASP_121b_02.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnesium_crystals.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_spectrum_visible.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnesium_spectrum_visible.png
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warped_galaxy.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andromeda_Galaxy_(with_h-alpha).jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leavitt_aavso.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leavitt_henrietta_b1.jpg
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