Astronomers explore the surface composition of a nearby super-Earth

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“Using MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of researchers led by former MPIA Ph.D. student Sebastian Zieba and Laura Kreidberg analyzed the surface composition of the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Laura Kreidberg (PI) led a JWST GO program (#1846) using the MIRI instrument to measure the dayside emission spectrum of LHS 3844 b to determine surface properties.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of exoplanets detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, comp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The rocky exoplanets are thought to be abundant in the Milky Way, however their existence of atmosphere and their atmospheric composition are generally unknown. The existence of a stable atmosphere de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrestrial_exoplanet_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TRAPPIST-1c is a mainly rocky exoplanet orbiting around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, located 40.7 light-years (12.5 parsecs) away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. It is the third most…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1c

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“The results of this investigation are published in the journal Nature Astronomy.”

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A web search result explicitly states the work was 'Accepted for publication in Nature Astronomy on April 8, 2026'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844 b, formally named Kuaꞌkua (Bribri pronunciation: [kwaʔkwa]), is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf LHS 3844, about 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away in the constellation Indus, discovered…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844_b

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 1140 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Cetus. Based on stellar parallax measurement, it is 48.8 light-years (15.0 parsecs) away from the Sun. 'LHS' refers to the Luyten Half-Second Catal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_1140

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844, also named Batsũ̀ (Bribri pronunciation: [băˈtsṹ]), is a red dwarf star located 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Indus. The star has about 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844

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“LHS 3844 b is a rocky planet 30% bigger than Earth”

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While Wikipedia and web results confirm LHS 3844 b is a rocky exoplanet, the specific detail that it is '30% bigger than Earth' is not present in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 1140 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Cetus. Based on stellar parallax measurement, it is 48.8 light-years (15.0 parsecs) away from the Sun. 'LHS' refers to the Luyten Half-Second Catal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_1140

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844, also named Batsũ̀ (Bribri pronunciation: [băˈtsṹ]), is a red dwarf star located 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Indus. The star has about 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844 b, formally named Kuaꞌkua (Bribri pronunciation: [kwaʔkwa]), is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf LHS 3844, about 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away in the constellation Indus, discovered…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844_b

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“orbits a cool red dwarf star once within roughly 11 hours.”

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The evidence confirms the planet orbits a red dwarf star, but the specific orbital period of 'roughly 11 hours' is not mentioned in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An iron planet is a type of planet that consists primarily of an iron-rich core with little or no mantle. Mercury is the largest celestial body of this type in the Solar System (as the other terrestri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_planet

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844 b, formally named Kuaꞌkua (Bribri pronunciation: [kwaʔkwa]), is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf LHS 3844, about 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away in the constellation Indus, discovered…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844_b

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Sa…

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“the planet is tidally locked to its orbit.”

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The provided Wikipedia and web results for LHS 3844 b do not explicitly state that the planet is tidally locked, although it is a common trait for such planets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 1140 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Cetus. Based on stellar parallax measurement, it is 48.8 light-years (15.0 parsecs) away from the Sun. 'LHS' refers to the Luyten Half-Second Catal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_1140

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844, also named Batsũ̀ (Bribri pronunciation: [băˈtsṹ]), is a red dwarf star located 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Indus. The star has about 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LHS 3844 b, formally named Kuaꞌkua (Bribri pronunciation: [kwaʔkwa]), is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf LHS 3844, about 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away in the constellation Indus, discovered…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844_b

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“producing a constant dayside with an average temperature of about 1000 Kelvin”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant crossword and music search results; no scientific data regarding the temperature of LHS 3844 b was found in the provided snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Answers for Listen Music Everywhere, Anytime%22 Deutschmark crossword clue, 10 letters. Search for crossword clues found in the Daily Celebrity, NY Times, Daily Mirror, Telegraph and major publication…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Listen Music Everywhere, Anytime" literarilyに関する未解決の質問が1631件! 「 (3)長文問題の一部ですそのこと...」,「 (1)① thinkでも私はリサが...」,「英語の質問です！第3文の th...」,「 (1)が分からないので教えて欲しいです。
https://www.clearnotebooks.com/ja/questions?page=1&q="Listen…

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“The LHS 3844 system is only 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away from Earth.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state the system is 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away.

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web search NEUTRAL — LHS 3844 Distance from Earth. The Parallax of the star is given as 67.15480 which gives a calculated distance to LHS 3844 of 48.57 light years from the Earth or 14.89 parsecs.
https://www.universeguide.com/star/122882/lhs3844

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web search NEUTRAL — The star LHS 3844 islocated about 48.6 light-years (14.9 pc) away from our Solar System. The star LHS 3844 has apparent magnitude of 15.3, with absolute magnitude of 14.4.
https://www.exoplanetkyoto.org/exohtml/LHS_3844.html

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web search NEUTRAL — LHS 3844, formally named Batsũ. (Bribri pronunciation: [băˈtsṹ]), is a red dwarf star located 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Indus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHS_3844

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“We see a dark, hot, barren rock, devoid of any atmosphere”

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Web search results describe the planet as an 'airless rocky planet with a dark, basalt-like surface' and 'dark and featureless'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Information about mediation at the Supreme Court, including its benefits, how the process works and who the mediators are.
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web search NEUTRAL — (2) If an Associate Judge undertakes a mediation, the Associate Judge may give any direction with respect to the conduct of the mediation as the Associate Judge thinks fit.
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“MIRI divided a portion of the planet's infrared emission, ranging from 5 to 12 micrometers, into smaller wavelength sections”

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While one web search result mentions measuring the spectrum from '5-12 µm', the specific detail about dividing it into 'smaller wavelength sections' is not independently corroborated in the provided evidence, though it is consistent with the mentioned study.

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“Another data point, obtained from observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope and published a few years ago, augmented the analysis.”

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A web search result mentions a 'Nature study' and quotes co-author Renyu Hu, an exoplanet scientist at JPL which 'manages the Spitzer Space Telescope', linking Spitzer data to the analysis of LHS 3844 b.

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“Comparing observation-based data with these computations confidently ruled out a composition comparable to Earth's crust, typically silicate-rich minerals such as granite.”

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“extended solid areas of basalt or magmatic rock best match the observations.”

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“Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a gas commonly connected to volcanism. If present on LHS 3844 b in reasonable amounts, MIRI should have detected it. Still, it found nothing.”

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