JWST is able to analyse the light that passes through the faraway planet's atmosphere. That light contains the chemical signature of molecules in its atmosphere.
The feat is all the more remarkable because the planet is more than 1.1 million billion km away.
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JWST is able to analyse the light that passes through the faraway planet's atmosphere. That light contains the chemical signature of molecules in its atmosphere.
The feat is all the more remarkable because the planet is more than 1.1 million billion km away.