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Enaiposha Revealed as Super-Venus, Not Mini-Neptune

4/18/2026

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  • Enaiposha, once labeled a mini-Neptune, shows characteristics of a super-Venus per James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations.
  • It sits about 47 light-years from the Sun and hosts a thick atmosphere of hydrogen, helium, water, methane, and carbon dioxide.
  • Haze obscures deeper layers, but faint signals of these gases were detected with JWST.
  • The research is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.