Although the team cannot, at this time, reach a definitive answer, they ruled out the existence Atmosphere It is dense, dominated by methane, as is the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon "Titan".
revealed James Webb Telescopethat the planet located 41 light-years away, "A few hundred degrees warmer than Earth, it completes an orbit in two days".
There is still much for scientists to discover regarding the planet it is called "LHS 475 b"especially as such planets "invisible" for space telescopes, however "James Webb" He proved once again how powerful his technology is.
Mark Clampin, Director of the Astrophysics Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington, commented in a statement, saying: "These first observational results from a rocky, Earth-sized planet open the door to many future possibilities for studying the atmospheres of rocky planets, using Webb.".
He continued: "James Webb is bringing us closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system, and the mission is still in its infancy".
While this discovery is startling, scientists are now working to determine the composition of the planet’s atmosphere.
The team notes that although "The planet may not have an atmosphere, some atmospheric compositions, such as the carbon dioxide atmosphere, are not excluded"according to a newspaper "Daily Mail" British.
Jacob Lustig-Yeger of the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University said in a statement: "Unexpectedly, the atmosphere, made up of 100 percent carbon dioxide, is so much more compact that it becomes extremely difficult to detect.".
More precise measurements are now required for the team to distinguish a pure atmosphere of carbon dioxide from no atmosphere at all..
Lustig-Yeger explained that his team "At the forefront of studying small, rocky exoplanets"Pointing out their interest in studying the atmospheres of these planets".
The results of the research opened up the possibility of identifying Earth-sized planets orbiting smaller red dwarf stars.
Last November, NASA announced that the telescope "Successfully revealed the composition of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, in detail never seen before"in an achievement indicating that he can also search for "Alien life".
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The planet is classified outside Solar Groupand constitutes 99 percent of Qatar Earth. Although it has Earth-like terrain, scientists do not yet know if it has an atmosphere.
Although the team cannot, at this time, reach a definitive answer, they ruled out the existence Atmosphere dense, dominated by methane, as in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.
revealed James Webb Telescopethat the planet, located 41 light-years away, “is a few hundred degrees warmer than Earth, and completes its orbit in two days.”.
There is still much for scientists to discover regarding the planet it is called.”LHS 475 bEspecially since such planets are “invisible” to space telescopes, but “James Webb” proved once again how powerful his technology is..
“These first observational results from an Earth-sized rocky planet open the door to many future possibilities for studying the atmospheres of rocky planets using Webb,” Mark Clampin, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in a statement..
He continued, “James Webb is bringing us closer and closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system, and the mission is still in its infancy.”
While this discovery is startling, scientists are now working to determine the composition of the planet’s atmosphere.
The team notes that although the planet may not have an atmosphere, some atmospheric compositions, such as a carbon dioxide atmosphere, have not been ruled out.
“Unexpectedly, the atmosphere, which is 100 percent carbon dioxide, is so much more compact that it becomes very difficult to detect,” Jacob Lustig-Yeger of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory said in a statement.
More precise measurements are now required for the team to distinguish a pure atmosphere of carbon dioxide from no atmosphere at all..
Lustig-Yeger explained that his team is “at the forefront of studying small, rocky exoplanets,” noting their interest in studying the atmospheres of these planets.
The results of the research opened up the possibility of identifying Earth-sized planets orbiting smaller red dwarf stars.
Last November, NASA announced that the telescope “successfully revealed the composition of the atmosphere of an exoplanet, in details never seen before,” in an achievement indicating that it can also search for “space life.”.