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AI-generated illustration of the hot Jupiter exoplanet WASP-17b transiting in front of its glowing host star, showing its atmosphere as a slightly egg-shaped, asymmetrical limb — hot amber-orange extended edge on the evening side and a cooler dim blue edge on the morning side, with wind streams flowing from the bright dayside toward the dark nightside.

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Scientists Map a Distant Exoplanet’s True Egg-Shaped Atmosphere for the First Time

October 16, 2026 8 min read

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and a new "transmission strings" technique, a Cornell-led team has resolved the…