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Scientists Discover #Planet Has Everything to Host ‘Earth-Like Life’ In Breakthrough
#LHS1140b, is about 5.6 times more massive than Earth and orbits a small dwarf star about 48 light yeas away. While scientists have discovered atmospheres around many giant gas planets in our galaxy new detection of helium in the skies of LHS 1140-b marks the first direct evidence that a habitable-zone rocky world can host an atmosphere, critical for potential life
https://www.404media.co/scientists-discover-planet-has-everything-to-host-earth-like-life-in-breakthrough/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@proseandpassion/116935425709917770
Where in #space can #planets with #atmospheres be found? C. Cherubim et al. (2026) used #nearinfraredspectroscopy to characterize a #rocky #exoplanet orbiting its host star within the #habitablezone. Planet #LHS1140b exhibits #helium #absorption in its atmosphere, a feature the authors attribute to a helium-dominated #upperatmosphericlayer.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin
Reference
C. Cherubim et al. (2026)
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪐🔭 For the first time, astronomers have detected an #atmosphere on a rocky #planet in the habitable zone of another #star.
The super-Earth LHS 1140 b, located 50 light years away, shows signs of a #helium dominated atmosphere escaping into #space. Researchers used the WINERED #spectrograph at Las Campanas Observatory to make the ground-based #discovery.
#astronomy #exoplanet #superearth #habitablezone #spectrograph #lhs1140b #science #reddwarf #harvard
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To quote Russ Abbott
🎶 Oh what an atmosphere
🎶 I love a planet with a visible atmosphere"Astronomers discover first rocky expolanet in the 'Goldilocks zone' with an atmosphere"
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CW: LHS 1140 b may be our 'best bet' at finding a habitable exoplanet with ocean(s) and atmosphere
LHS 1140 b “lives in its star's habitable zone, otherwise known as its ‘Goldilocks zone.’"
“This is the first time we have ever seen a hint of an atmosphere on a habitable zone rocky or ice-rich exoplanet," said Ryan MacDonald, a NASA Sagan Fellow
“the team might have even found evidence of ‘air’ on it.
#LHS1140b #habitable #exoplanet
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-alien-ocean-lhs-1140b -
#SuperEarth discovered
Could have oceans and may be habitable
The #planet orbits a #reddwarfstar in its habitable zone
Temperatures could potentially support #liquidwater on the surface.
#LHS1140b, an #exoplanet located approximately #48lightyears away in the constellation #Cetus.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/science/story/super-earth-discovered-it-could-have-oceans-and-may-be-habitable-2564275-2024-07-09 -
Un mondo di ghiaccio nella zona abitabile: LHS 1140 b sorprende gli astronomi. Il telescopio James Webb rivela un esopianeta con possibile atmosfera e un oceano liquido con temperature di 20 gradi a 48 anni luce dalla Terra.