James Webb Telescope shows cloud on planet 1150 light years away

SF July 18, 2022

According to Space.com, planets outside the solar system are called exoplanets. NASA named the planet WASP-96b.

This exoplanet is also orbiting a Sun-like star. These planets are called 'gas giants' as they are mainly made up of helium and hydrogen.

Astronomers call these planets 'hot Jupiters', which resemble Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, due to their distance from the star and the extremely hot surface. WASP-96b is one such hot Jupiter.

WASP stands for Wide Angle Search for Planets. This exoplanet is 1150 light years away.

For the first time, the Webb Telescope provided scientific data, based on which NASA released the transmission spectrum of the planet WASP-96b.

Over the past two decades, the Hubble Telescope has probed data from the atmospheres of numerous planets outside Earth's solar system, NASA said. At one point in 2013, WASP-96b was the first water found on the planet.

After analyzing the photos taken by James Webb, scientists say that they have found evidence of water, clouds and fog in the atmosphere of that planet. And in this discovery, the possible idea of establishing a settlement outside the world seems to have received more water.

From web data, researchers will try to find out how much water particles there are on that planet. Along with that, the presence of carbon and oxygen on the planet and the temperature of the atmosphere will be known. From these data it will be possible to know how and when this planet was born.

James Webb, stationed at the Lagrange Point 2, millions of miles away from Earth's atmospheric radiation in orbit around the Sun, can see uninterrupted and collect clear data. NASA hopes that research can be carried out relatively quickly.

In 2018, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile detected the presence of sodium on the planet WASP-96b using visible light. It was said then that no cloud was seen on that planet.

Now the Webb Telescope has completely overturned that old research, surprising astronomers too. To understand the type of this exoplanet, they are now analyzing old data as well as data collected on the web.

Whether WASP-96b has water or not is debatable; However, researchers are sure that life did not develop there.

According to Space.com, planets outside the solar system are called exoplanets. NASA named the planet WASP-96b. This exoplanet is also orbiting a Sun-like star. These planets are called 'gas giants' as they are mainly made up of helium and hydrogen. Astronomers call these planets 'hot Jupiters', which resemble Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, due to their distance from the star and the extremely hot surface. WASP-96b is one such hot Jupiter. WASP stands for Wide Angle Search for Planets. This exoplanet is 1150 light years away. For the first time, the Webb Telescope provided scientific data, based on which NASA released the transmission spectrum of the planet WASP-96b. Over the past two decades, the Hubble Telescope has probed data from the atmospheres of numerous planets outside Earth's solar system, NASA said. At one point in 2013, WASP-96b was the first water found on the planet. After analyzing the photos taken by James Webb, scientists say that they have found evidence of water, clouds and fog in the atmosphere of that planet. And in this discovery, the possible idea of establishing a settlement outside the world seems to have received more water. From web data, researchers will try to find out how much water particles there are on that planet. Along with that, the presence of carbon and oxygen on the planet and the temperature of the atmosphere will be known. From these data it will be possible to know how and when this planet was born. James Webb, stationed at the Lagrange Point 2, millions of miles away from Earth's atmospheric radiation in orbit around the Sun, can see uninterrupted and collect clear data. NASA hopes that research can be carried out relatively quickly. In 2018, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile detected the presence of sodium on the planet WASP-96b using visible light. It was said then that no cloud was seen on that planet. Now the Webb Telescope has completely overturned that old research, surprising astronomers too. To understand the type of this exoplanet, they are now analyzing old data as well as data collected on the web. Whether WASP-96b has water or not is debatable; However, researchers are sure that life did not develop there. Space.com writes that it takes three and four times the time of this planet to rotate once on its own axis, that is, about three and a half days. The temperature of this planet is 1000 degrees Celsius. This exoplanet will be one and a half times larger than the diameter of Jupiter in the solar system. But the mass is half that of Jupiter. So far NASA has announced 5060 exoplanets. Of these, 1522 planets have been identified as 'gas giants'

Space.com writes that it takes three and four times the time of this planet to rotate once on its own axis, that is, about three and a half days. The temperature of this planet is 1000 degrees Celsius.

This exoplanet will be one and a half times larger than the diameter of Jupiter in the solar system. But the mass is half that of Jupiter.

So far NASA has announced 5060 exoplanets. Of these, 1522 planets have been identified as 'gas giants'