NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet - NASA Science
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Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.  Renyu Hu from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, is […]
  • @runswithjedi@lemmy.world
    3•11 days ago

    It has an atmosphere like Venus has an atmosphere, except the surface temperature is more than 3x that of Venus. Still, it’s fascinating that its atmosphere would be a secondary one that comes from the planet itself.