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Rainbow-like pattern found on planet outside solar system (www.bbc.com)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I assume we can’t actually resolve spatial detail on the planet, so the effect must have been temporal. Would it have been something like a spike moving through the visible spectrum as the planet transits its star?