Using the ESO’s VLT, astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere — barium. They discover barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b — two exoplanets, planets which orbit stars outside our Solar System.
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