{"id":412872,"date":"2024-01-26T02:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/26\/water-vapour-found-on-distant-exoplanet-by-nasas-hubble-telescope\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T02:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T02:10:00","slug":"water-vapour-found-on-distant-exoplanet-by-nasas-hubble-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/26\/water-vapour-found-on-distant-exoplanet-by-nasas-hubble-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Vapour Found On Distant Exoplanet By NASA&#8217;s Hubble Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Water Vapour Found On Distant Exoplanet By NASA's Hubble Telescope\" alt=\"Water Vapour Found On Distant Exoplanet By NASA's Hubble Telescope\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2024-01\/1cf7mac_exoplanet_120x90_26_January_24.jpg?im=FitAndFill,algorithm=dnn,width=1200,height=738\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The newly discovered exoplanet is as hot as Venus, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a breakthrough, NASA astronomers have identified the smallest exoplanet using a Hubble Space Telescope where water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere. The planet GJ 9827d, at only approximately twice Earth&#8217;s diameter, could be an example of potential planets with water-rich atmospheres elsewhere in our galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>The newly discovered exoplanet is as hot as Venus, at 800 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>GJ 9827d was discovered by NASA&#8217;s Kepler Space Telescope in 2017 and it completes an orbit around a red dwarf star every 6.2 days. The star, GJ 9827, lies 97 light years from Earth in the constellation Pisces, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hubble Uncovers Water Vapor In Small Exoplanet\u2019s Atmosphere\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dy-RuZMkEyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This would be the first time that we can directly show through atmospheric detection, that these planets with water-rich atmospheres can actually exist around other stars,&#8221; said team member Bjorn Benneke of the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the University of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an important step toward determining the prevalence and diversity of atmospheres on rocky planets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until now, we had not been able to directly detect the atmosphere of such a small planet. And we&#8217;re slowly getting in this regime now,&#8221; added Benneke.<\/p>\n<p>Giving insights about planet GJ 9827d, Benneke said, &#8220;At present, the team is left with two possibilities. The planet is still clinging to a hydrogen-rich envelope laced with water, making it a mini-Neptune. Alternatively, it could be a warmer version of Jupiter&#8217;s moon Europa, which has twice as much water as Earth beneath its crust.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The planet GJ 9827d could be half water, half rock. And there would be a lot of water vapour on top of some smaller rocky body,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the space agency, the Hubble program has observed that the planet GJ 9827d during 11 transits were spaced out over a span of three years. During transits, starlight is filtered through the planet&#8217;s atmosphere and has the spectral fingerprint of water molecules, it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Observing water is a gateway to finding other things,&#8221; said Thomas Greene, an astrophysicist at NASA&#8217;s Ames Research Center in California&#8217;s Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The space agency is now focused on discovering the total inventory of a planet&#8217;s elements which can be used to compare to the star it orbits and understand its formation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/water-vapour-found-distant-exoplanet-gj-9827d-by-nasa-hubble-space-telescope-4933842\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The newly discovered exoplanet is as hot as Venus, according to NASA. 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