Science (New York, N.Y.)
Observation of undepleted phosphine in the atmosphere of a low-temperature brown dwarf.
Adam J Burgasser, Eileen C Gonzales, Samuel A Beiler, Channon Visscher, Ben Burningham, Gregory N Mace, Jacqueline K Faherty, Zenghua Zhang, Clara Sousa-Silva, Nicolas Lodieu, Stanimir A Metchev, Aaron Meisner, Michael Cushing, Adam C Schneider, Genaro Suarez
Published: 202510.1126/science.adu0401
Abstract
The atmospheres of low-temperature brown dwarfs and gas giant planets are expected to contain the phosphine molecule, PH3. However, previous observations have shown much lower abundances of this molecule than predicted with atmospheric chemistry mode…
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