NASA’s Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet https://news.uchicago.edu/story/nasas-webb-telescope-finds-bizarre-atmosphere-lemon-shaped-exoplanet
mnemoniker on December 19, 2025 2:36 pm I kind of understand how it could read atmospheres but I had no idea it could decipher exoplanet shapes. That’s insane!
Vonneguts_Ghost on December 19, 2025 3:44 pm I would think anything that would qualify as planet would ‘lemon shaped’ to one degree or another, depending on its companion?
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She’s just having a bad day
Probably a pretty acidic atmosphere.
I kind of understand how it could read atmospheres but I had no idea it could decipher exoplanet shapes. That’s insane!
Mmmm does your head come to a nub?!
I would think anything that would qualify as planet would ‘lemon shaped’ to one degree or another, depending on its companion?