Friday, 12 August 2022 – 15:12 WIB
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LIVE Techno – Scientists may have seen planet bayi containing gases. An array of telescopes has detected gas for the first time in the disk surrounding a distant star.
The discovery suggests a young planet or an exoplanet with the mass of Jupiter, according to the research team. The plume of light was emitted near the star AS 209 which was captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
“The best way to study planet formation is to observe planets as they form. We live in very exciting times when this happens thanks to powerful telescopes,” said lead author Jaehan Bae.
The discovery of gas like this will provide more information about how the planet’s atmosphere developed as well as how the Moon assembled in the early stages of the Solar System.
Exoplanet which is thought to be within the system 395 light years from Earth is a relatively close place in terms of galaxies. Even so the world is 200 times the Earth-Sun or astronomical units.
Under current planetary formation theories, scientists assume that gas giants are best formed in zones with large amounts of gas and dust.
In contrast, the outer part of the Solar System is thought to have been full of smaller, cooler and gravitationally unstable objects in the past, possibly due to tidal disturbances. SpaceFriday, August 12, 2022.
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