Analyzing the Atmospheres of Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope

Over 6000 planets have now been found around other stars, but we only have information about what their atmospheres are like for a few dozen. NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which features a 20-foot mirror in space, is currently being used to understand atmospheres. In this talk Professor Fortney will describe the latest exoplanet results from JWST as we seek to understand these new worlds.