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This is the first time the atmosphere of a super-Earth exoplanet was analyzed successfully. [31] [32] In November 2017, it was announced that infrared observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope indicated the presence of a global lava ocean obscured by an atmosphere with a pressure of about 1.4 bar, slightly thicker than that of Earth.
Hot atmospheres could have iron rain, [107] molten-glass rain, [108] and rain made from rocky minerals such as enstatite, corundum, spinel, and wollastonite. [109] Deep in the atmospheres of gas giants, it could rain diamonds [ 110 ] and helium containing dissolved neon.
PSR J1719−1438 b is an extrasolar planet that was discovered on August 25, 2011, in orbit around PSR J1719−1438, a millisecond pulsar.The pulsar planet is most likely composed largely of crystalline carbon but with a density far greater than diamond.
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They recreated Neptune's conditions at Stanford's SLAC Laboratory and successfully observed the formation of diamond rain, thanks to the help of some very powerful lasers. Scientists recreate ...
Motion interpolation of seven images of the HR 8799 system taken from the W. M. Keck Observatory over seven years, featuring four exoplanets. This is a list of extrasolar planets that have been directly observed, sorted by observed separations. This method works best for young planets that emit infrared light and are far from the glare of the star.
A close-up view of the center of the NGC 6505 galaxy showcases the bright Einstein ring surrounding it. - ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li
55 Cancri b is in a short-period orbit, though not so extreme as that of the previously detected hot Jupiter 51 Pegasi b.The orbital period indicates that the planet is located close to a 1:3 mean motion resonance with 55 Cancri c, however investigations of the planetary parameters in a Newtonian simulation indicate that while the orbital periods are close to this ratio, the planets are not ...