Webb telescope sees world that could reek of burnt matches and rotten eggs

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Astronomers may have found a stink bomb.

Astronomers have found a world outside the solar system that could be a stink bomb, with air that smells of rotten eggs and burnt matches.

Molecules within the atmosphere absorb certain light wavelengths, or colors, so by splitting the light into its basic parts — like a rainbow — astronomers can detect what light segments are missing to discern the molecular makeup of an atmosphere.

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