Astronomers have detected barium around the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Astronomers have found the heaviest element yet in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. That element – barium – shocked scientists when it appeared in the atmospheres around two distant planets, WASP-76 b ...