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Nikolai Piskunov

Nikolai Piskunov, professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy and leader of the CRIRES+ project at Uppsala University

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Water and extreme winds detected on exoplanet

On the exoplanet WASP-127b, over 500 light years away, wind speeds can reach 33,000 kilometres per hour, according to a study by an international team of scientists. This is the first time winds of this type have been detected and it has been possible thanks to an instrument partly built at Uppsala University. The study is published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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