The Affair With A 20 Year Old Female StudentJames Webb Space Telescope for the first time has found clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet that's not in our solar system, according to NASA. This breakthrough discovery has the potential to provide "important insights into the composition and formation of the planet," and other smaller planets in the future.
The planet researchers detected with the Webb Telescope is WASP-39 b, a gas giant orbiting a star 700 light-years away. Back in 2018, through the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, NASA detected a large amount of water vapor on the planet along with traces of sodium and potassium. At about a quarter Jupiter’s mass but 1.3-times Jupiter’s size, scientists have described the exoplanet as a "hot Saturn."
With JWST, researchers now have access to more powerful and sensitive infrared capabilities and were able to pick up the signature of carbon dioxide as well. The detection of WASP-39b is part of JWST's campaign to observe exoplanets. The effort is part of the Early Release Science program, which is designed to provide the exoplanet research community with robust Webb data as soon as possible.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
"As soon as the data appeared on my screen, the whopping carbon dioxide feature grabbed me,” Zafar Rustamkulov, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University and member of the JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science team, said in NASA's statement. "It was a special moment, crossing an important threshold in exoplanet sciences."
SEE ALSO: Scientists discover colossal ocean may completely cover this planetThe discovery was made using Webb's NIRSpec instrument, a highly sensitive spectrograph that can separate light rays into individual elements of the light spectrum.
Planetary scientists hope to also observe the atmospheres of smaller, rocky, Earth-sized planets using the powerful Webb telescope.
Who knows what they'll find.
Sony launches new flagship XM6 headphones: Order them now
No Wokeness, No Worries
The Superstition of Progress
Best headphones deal: Save $120 on Sony WH
Best Sony deal: Save $100 on WH
Superstar Power
Somebody Else’s Babies
The Lunatic Face of Fiction
NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for April 17: Tips to solve Connections #206
Watch Rocket Lab try to catch a booster as it falls back to Earth
13 Good Games You Can Play on Laptops and Budget PCs
Feminists of the Basque Country
Discover Weakly
Othering the Godman
Shop the iPad Air and iPad 11th generation for their lowest
The Swamp Thickens
Best eye massager deal: Save $50 on RENPHO Eye Massager
Nanny State of Mind
4GHz CPU Battle: AMD 2nd
Parkland: Urgency and Insurgency
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' review: The adaptation fans have been waiting forPorn site names 'giantess' the 2024 fetish of the yearApple AirPods Pro deal: Save $59 on the USBHow to buy concert tickets on TikTokRobert Lowell Dressed as Santa by Saskia HamiltonBest digital gift deal: Headspace subscriptions 30% offMicrosoft Copilot now lets you create AI songs from text promptsThe Silence of Witches by Sabrina Orah MarkBiird hid a "Jingle Bells"Biird hid a "Jingle Bells"Eating Oatmeal with Alasdair Gray by Valerie StiversStaff Picks: Bas, Beauvoir, and Britain by The Paris ReviewListen to Hebe Uhart, Now That She’s Gone by Alejandra CostamagnaIceland's volcanic eruption is happening — and you can watch it liveElon Musk's 6 dumbest X / Twitter decisions of 2023TomTom and Microsoft are launching an AI driving assistantNYT's The Mini crossword answers for December 21Not Gonna Get Us by Amanda Lee KoeRedux: Revolve on the Past Year by The Paris Review Local reporter shredding while delivering news is a delight to watch Bones or No Bones Day? Meet the 13 year On This Day, William Tell Shot an Apple Off His Son’s Head Veterans Day by Sadie Stein 'Starfield' glitch makes it hilariously easy to get a great spacesuit Letter from Casa Dracula The Morning News Roundup for November 14, 2014 Shelby Foote on the Tools of the Trade Writing Tennessee Williams’s Life 'Quordle' today: See each 'Quordle' answer and hints for September 4, 2023 The Morning News Roundup for November 20, 2014 'Check your kids' Halloween candy' memes hilariously mocks hyped drug warnings Jimmy Buffett was more than Margaritaville The Morning News Roundup for November 11, 2014 BMW unveils radically different 'Neue Klasse' electric concept car Deconstructing Édouard Levé This Week on The Paris Review Daily On William Gass’s “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country” In Which André Malraux Kills Death TikTok's nostalgia
1.9655s , 10109.7578125 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Affair With A 20 Year Old Female Student】,Creation Information Network