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Extrasolar Planets; Stars; Astronomy; Pluto; Kuiper Belt; Eris (Xena); Mars; Sun

Temperature of a rocky exoplanet measured

An international team of researchers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The measurement is based on the planet's thermal emission: heat energy given off in the form of…