JWST has discovered the presence of water vapour and carbon dioxide on WASP-39 b which is 700 light-years away. These chemicals may indicate the presence of life on the planet. When a planet passes in front of its host star, some of the star's light passes through the planet’s atmosphere. Molecules in the atmosphere absorb specific wavelengths of light, leaving a unique "fingerprint" in the spectrum.
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