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Chinese scientists have developed a new industrial process to extract high-purity rubidium directly from salt lake brine, reducing reliance on imports and supporting industries like electronics, aerospace, and medical research.
Astronomers have detected the heaviest single element, samarium, in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet called MASCARA-4. The planet also has rubidium, which is the first time this element has been found in an exoplanet's atmosphere. The team used a spectrograph to measure starlight as the planet passed in front of its host star and hopes for follow-up observations to confirm the presence of these new chemical elements and refine their quantities in the atmosphere.
Chinese astronomers used the ESPRESSO spectrograph to investigate the atmosphere of MASCARA-4b, an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet. They detected rubidium and samarium in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time, along with ions of titanium and barium. The study also confirmed previous detections of magnesium, calcium, chromium, and iron in the atmosphere of MASCARA-4b. The researchers encourage further atmospheric studies of exoplanets to find other rare elements.