NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system – and unlike anything in it – to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere.
And while the planet, called GJ 1214 b, is too hot to harbor liquid-water oceans, water in vaporized form still could be a major part of its atmosphere.
Publisher: Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Date: 2023-05-11 15:43:53 -0700
Author: By Pat Brennan NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program
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