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ArticleNature2024

A warm Neptune's methane reveals core mass and vigorous atmospheric mixing.

David K Sing, Zafar Rustamkulov, Daniel P Thorngren, Joanna K Barstow, Pascal Tremblin, Catarina Alves de Oliveira, Tracy L Beck, Stephan M Birkmann, Ryan C Challener, Nicolas Crouzet and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A precise metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen ratio for a warm giant exoplanet from its panchromatic JWST emission spectrum.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  3. Exploring exoplanet dynamics with JWST: Tides, rotation, rings, and moons.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. Prospects for detecting signs of life on exoplanets in the JWST era.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

David K SingDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. dsing@jhu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-7645
Zafar RustamkulovDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4408-0463
Daniel P ThorngrenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Joanna K BarstowSchool of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-5419
Pascal TremblinUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CNRS, CEA, Maison de la Simulation, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6172-3403
Catarina Alves de OliveiraEuropean Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain.
Tracy L BeckSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Stephan M BirkmannEuropean Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-1726
Ryan C ChallenerDepartment of Astronomy and Carl Sagan Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Nicolas CrouzetLeiden Observatory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7866-8738
Néstor EspinozaSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-1449
Pierre FerruitEuropean Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8895-0606
Giovanna GiardinoATG Europe for the European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Amélie GressierSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Elspeth K H LeeCenter for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Nikole K LewisDepartment of Astronomy and Carl Sagan Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Roberto MaiolinoThe Old Schools, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4985-3819
Elena ManjavacasDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Bernard J RauscherNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-6821
Marco SirianniEuropean Space Agency (ESA) Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7626-6361
Jeff A ValentiSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-6281

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Observations of transiting gas giant exoplanets have revealed a pervasive depletion of methane

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PMID38768633
PMCPMC11208151

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