Astronomers Discovered Exoplanet With Water Clouds That Could Have Life

Astronomers Discovered Exoplanet With Water Clouds That Could Have Life 0:03. 0:42. nasa 's james webb space telescope has uncovered evidence of a possible ocean world larger than earth with conditions that have the potential to support life. the exoplanet known as k2. If this "one of a kind" exoplanet were confirmed to be a water world, its ocean would be significantly deeper than earth's. while our planet is 70% water, oceans account for less than 1% of the.

This Gas Giant Exoplanet Has Water Rich Clouds Here S Why It Thrills Water vapor clouds have been found before in brown dwarfs, hulking objects that hover on the border between planet and star. if the results hold, k2 18b would be the first confirmed exoplanet with. The hubble space telescope initially spotted evidence of water vapor in the exoplanet’s atmosphere. the finding, described in a september 2019 study, helped scientists home in on k2 18b for. Astronomers have spotted a planet 90 light years away from earth with a surprising atmosphere — and the possibility of clouds containing water. toi 1231 b is an exoplanet, meaning it is located. In a major first, scientists have detected water vapor and possibly even liquid water clouds that rain in the atmosphere of a strange exoplanet that lies in the habitable zone of its host star.

Astronomers Discover Weird Neptune Like Exoplanet That Could Have Astronomers have spotted a planet 90 light years away from earth with a surprising atmosphere — and the possibility of clouds containing water. toi 1231 b is an exoplanet, meaning it is located. In a major first, scientists have detected water vapor and possibly even liquid water clouds that rain in the atmosphere of a strange exoplanet that lies in the habitable zone of its host star. Astronomers have spotted a planet 90 light years away from earth with a surprising atmosphere — and the possibility of clouds containing water. toi 1231 b is an exoplanet, meaning it is located. With data from the hubble space telescope, water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of an exoplanet within the habitable zone of its host star. k2 18b, which is eight times the mass of earth, is the only planet orbiting a star outside the solar system (or “exoplanet”) known to have both water and temperatures that could support life.