Exoplanet GJ3470b_UW-Madison (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Exoplanet GJ3470b_UW-Madison

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The sulfur-laden atmosphere discovered on gaseous exoplanet GJ 3470 b, show here in an illustration orbiting its star in the constellation Cancer, could help researchers figure out how it (and similar planets) were formed.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

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