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Oldfart1939

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Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

The European Southern Observatory  just reported the detection of a possible exoplanet atmosphere in Astrophysical Journal. The planetary system is identified as GJ1132b, and the atmosphere was detected by measuring the dimming of light at 7 different wavelengths during transit across the stellar disk, where one wavelength showed a larger planetary diameter than the others; with a conclusion drawn of atmosphere not transparent to the wavelength. Initial composition is thought to be a combination of methane and water vapor.

http://www.space.com/36368-atmosphere-f … lanet.html

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louis

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Re: Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

Only 39 light years away, as well!  One can imagine a future expedition there in a 100 years or so with some relatively modest technological advances. Maybe we will send robots to investigate.

The European Southern Observatory  just reported the detection of a possible exoplanet atmosphere in Astrophysical Journal. The planetary system is identified as GJ1132b, and the atmosphere was detected by measuring the dimming of light at 7 different wavelengths during transit across the stellar disk, where one wavelength showed a larger planetary diameter than the others; with a conclusion drawn of atmosphere not transparent to the wavelength. Initial composition is thought to be a combination of methane and water vapor.

http://www.space.com/36368-atmosphere-f … lanet.html

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SpaceNut

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Re: Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

Infurred data will have to do for now as we even now can not even traverse a light year in a reasonable amount of time to get a closer view....

Oldfart1939

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Re: Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

Astrophysicists are hopeful the James Webb Space telescope will be able to delve deeper into the atmosphere.

SpaceNut

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Re: Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

Hopefully it will not need corrective lense as Hubble did...
Light gathering is on an order higher due to the optical methods being used for sure but we will need to wait until its launched..... which seems to keep slipping backwards....

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Re: Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

Urgent search for missing University of Warwick professor Thomas Marsh - who vanished in Chile
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-0 … d-in-chile

Prof Marsh a keen walker who is said to be familiar with the mountainous

Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Exoplanet atmosphere detected by ESO!

Hot Gas Swirling Around our Supermassive Black Hole ESO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QesRBaLM6No