Atmosphere discovered on an Exoplanet!
Recently, astronomers discovered evidence for a planet outside our solar
system having an atmosphere that resembles the one of Earth. The planet is, in
fact, a little larger than the earth, and the scientists have called it, GJ 1132b
since it orbits the star GJ 1132, which is located 39 light years away from Earth.
This can lead to an on-going research that seeks evidences for possible life on
this habitable planet. The researchers were able to determine the radius of the
planet to be 1.6 times the one of Earth by measuring its star system with seven
different wavelengths and small dips in brightness. They predicted that the
atmosphere of this planet contains much water vapor because one of the
wavelengths somehow could not penetrate the atmosphere of the planet. It
could be a water world.
Mostafa Eltobgy