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ALT The graphic shows the transmission spectrum of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-39 b, captured using Webb's NIRSpec Bright Object Time-Series Spectroscopy mode, and is titled accordingly. An illustration of the planet and its star is in the background. The vertical y axis is labeled “amount of light blocked” and runs from 2.00 percent (less light blocked) to 2.35 percent (more light blocked). The x axis is labeled “wavelength of light” and ranges from 3.00 microns to 5.6 microns. The data points are plotted as white circles with gray error margin bars running through the circles. A curvy blue line represents a best-fit model. A prominent peak in the blue line is labeled “Carbon Dioxide, CO2,” indicating the presence of carbon dioxide in the exoplanet. This peak is centered around 4.3 microns and has a y value of between 2.25 and 2.30 percent of light blocked. The baseline is between 2.10 and 2.17 percent.
ALT The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which, have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.
