atmosphere, 3D and exoplanet
Astronomers reveal 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere
Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake on a ferociously hot gas planet that orbits close to a star bigger and hotter than our sun.
The 3D structure of the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tylos (IMAGE)
Tylos (or WASP-121b) is a gaseous, giant exoplanet located some 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), scientists have been able to prove into its atmosphere,
"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...
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