Webb Just Discovered Its First "Earth-Like" Exoplanet. It's Amazing

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the existence of an Earth-sized planet. The planet is named LHS 475 b (LHC four-seventy-five b). It’s a rocky world that orbits a red dwarf star roughly 41 light-years away in the constellation of Octans. When astronomers discovered this planet, they thought it was an ordinary world orbiting a red dwarf star. However, a detailed analysis of this planet’s atmosphere has puzzled astronomers. They had never seen a planet with such a unique atmospheric spectrum. So how did Webb make this important discovery? What’s so special about the Earth-sized planet confirmed by the telescope? Finally, and most importantly, what else did Webb reveal about this distant exoplanet?

The 45th episode of the Sunday Discovery Series answers these questions.

REFERENCES:
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.04191.pdf
NASA Press Release: https://go.nasa.gov/3DHwbOe

RESOURCES:
Clips: NASA/ESA/JWST/ESO/Hubble, Pond5, Envato Elements, StoryBlocks
Music: MotionElements

Created By: Rishabh Nakra and Simran Buttar
Narrated By: Jeffrey Smith

Дата на публикация: 13 февруари, 2023
Категория: Наука и технология
Ключови думи: Amazing Just It's First its Discovered Webb "Earth-Like" Exoplanet.