A strange planet 41 light years away was observed to form a new atmosphere

CALIFORNIA – Scientists are observing alien planets that have lost their atmospheres but recently formed new ones independently. Planet which is 41 million light years from Earth it forms a circle every 1.5 days by absorbing starry radiation during its process.

Using the Hubble Space telescope, astronomers have been collecting data on the planet since 2017. The planet, marked GJ 1132 b, is in orbit near a small, red star. (Read: Earth Will Lose Second Moon Forever)

In these observations, scientists think they see signs of a secondary atmosphere, born of this exoplanet. “It’s very exciting because we believe the atmosphere we see now has regenerated, so it could become a secondary atmosphere,” said Raissa Estrela, an exoplanet scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California.

Initially, Estrela said, they did not think that planet it forms a new atmosphere. But with long observations and seeing there is an atmosphere on the planet.

Researchers think that GJ 1132 b takes it one step further. After losing its atmosphere, the planet rich in hydrogen and helium turned into an empty world. (Also read: Facts of Finding Gold Mountain in Congo, Eufarat River and the End Times)

Recent Hubble observations indicate that, GJ 1132 b is encased in a mixture of hydrogen, hydrogen cyanide, methane and an aerosol-rich mist that may resemble Earth’s smog.

To understand what’s going on in the system, scientists observe GJ 1132 b’s close relationship with its star, which is pulling the globe enough to keep the same side of it. planet facing it at all times, mimicking how the moon orbits Earth.

But because of the details of the planet’s orbits, the researchers suspect that in this case, the star is pulling strongly enough in GJ 1132 b to warm up the planet dramatically. The researchers concluded, it could be that the planet is a volcanically active world. (Also read: Human Landing on the Moon is still considered a hoax)

The strange atmosphere, then, could be born from the gases emitting from the planet’s molten rock. In particular, scientists are painting a portrait of a liquid world covered in a thin crust that may crack like eggshells. Such cracks, created by the pull of stars on the planet, would allow the gas to seep out, creating a second atmosphere.

Scientists hope NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, currently slated for launch this fall, will be able to see the surface of GJ 1132 b in infrared light, which is associated with temperature. (Read also: Warning to Earth’s Residents, the Number of Threatening Asteroids Increases by the Thousands)

“If there is a pool of magma or volcanism that occurs, the area will be hotter,” said Swain. “That will result in more emissions, so they will be looking at potentially very interesting geological activity!

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