Determining whether temperate rocky exoplanets orbiting M stars retain atmospheres is currently a central goal of exoplanet astronomy. To this end, the James Webb Space Telescope has begun searching for […]
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OrCAS: Origins, Compositions, and Atmospheres of Sub-neptunes. I. Survey Definition
Sub-Neptunes – volatile-rich exoplanets smaller than Neptune – are intrinsically the most common type of planet known.