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ArticleNature2026

Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet.

Ryan J MacDonald, Christopher E O'Connor, Victoria A Boehm, E M May, David K Sing, Elijah Mullens, L C Mayorga, Trevor O Foote, Simon Blouin, Logan A Pearce and 8 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

18 authors.

Ryan J MacDonaldUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. ryan.macdonald@st-andrews.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-3469
Christopher E O'ConnorCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Victoria A BoehmCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
E M MayJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-1465
David K SingJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-7645
Elijah MullensCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
L C MayorgaJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4321-4581
Trevor O FooteCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Simon BlouinUniversity of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9632-1436
Logan A PearceUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3904-7378
Nikole K LewisCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Jeff ValentiSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-6281
Natasha E BatalhaNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA.
Maura LallyCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-6725
Joshua D LothringerSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3667-8633
Mark S MarleyLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Ishan MishraJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Susan E MullallySpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most stars, including our Sun, will one day evolve into red giants and, subsequently, white dwarfs. Several planet candidates have recently been identified orbiting white dwarfs

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PMID42387166
PMCPMC13322981

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