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When @NASAWebb took a look at an ultra-hot Jupiter, it found traces of water and different temperatures at different levels of atmosphere! http://go.nasa.gov/42aAivX
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Discovery Alert: Webb Maps and Finds Traces of Water in an Ultra-hot Gas Giant's Atmosphere

Scientists used the Webb Telescope identified water vapor in the atmosphere of WASP-18 b, and made a temperature map of the planet as it slipped behind, and reappeared from, its star.
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i suppose the exclamation mark might be for a water signature because I would think temperature differences at different elevations would be expected.

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