Corey S Powell on Nostr: After years of searching, astronomers have finally detected an atmosphere on a rocky ...
After years of searching, astronomers have finally detected an atmosphere on a rocky planet around another star.
But what a strange planet it is! 55 Cancri e seems to be blanketed in carbon dioxide gas bubbling out of a global ocean of lava. Like an image out of Dante's Inferno.
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-102 #space #science #nasa #astronomy
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