Scientists find 'gemstones' in atmosphere of bizarre, scorching-hot 'marshmallow' exoplanet
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“Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered gemstone-like materials in the atmosphere of a blisteringly hot exoplanet that has the physical consistency of a marshmallow.”
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