Natalie Batalha (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Natalie Batalha

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UC Santa Cruz astronomer Natalie Batalha leads the team that detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-39b using the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Elena Zhukova/UCSC

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