New Planet Discovered - and It Has a Very Familiar Smell
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New planet discovered - and it has a very familiar smell
An artist’s impression of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, with water clouds floating over its ammonia-dominated atmosphere (Picture: E. C. Matthews, MPIA / T. Müller, HdA/Cover Media) Astronomers have found a Jupiter-like planet several light years away which probably smells of urine. Epsilon Indi Ab has an ammonia atmosphere with clouds of water floating above the surface – and ammonia and water are the two primary components of urine. The pungent …
Astronomers find thick water-ice clouds on Jupiter-like exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab
A giant planet circling a nearby star has given astronomers a rare look at what a colder, more Jupiter-like world can be like, and the picture is already messier than many models expected. The planet, called Epsilon Indi Ab, sits far enough from its star to avoid the blistering heat seen on many giant exoplanets studied so far. That alone makes it unusual. Most worlds whose atmospheres have been examined in detail orbit much closer to their star…
Webb Telescope Unveils Ice Clouds on Distant Jupiter-Like Exoplanet
Astronomers utilizing NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered swirling clouds of water ice in the atmosphere of Epsilon Indi Ab, a cold super-Jupiter that challenges current models of giant planetary atmospheres. An artist’s impression of Epsilon Indi Ab with water clouds above an ammonia-based atmosphere. Image credit: EC Matthews, MPIA / T. Müller, HdA. [...] The post Webb Telescope Unveils Ice Clouds on Distant Jupiter-Like …
The James Webb telescope has discovered ice clouds on the gas giant planet Epsilon Indi Ab, opening up new insights into atmospheres and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Astronomers Find An Exo-Jupiter, And It Seems To Have Clouds - Astrobiology
A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a discovery that highlights the limits of most current models of exoplanet atmospheres: water-ice clouds on a distant Jupiter-like exoplanet called Epsilon Indi Ab. The way the observations were made has broader implications for exoplanet research: as […] The post Astronomers Find An Exo-Jupiter, And It Seems To Have Clouds appeared first on…
German researchers have taken a new approach to examining the atmosphere of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, located 12 light-years from Earth, and have come to an interesting finding.
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