At just 40 light years from Earth , Gliese 1214b is one of the nigh Super - ground we ’ve discovered in our lookup for planet beyond the solar system . Now , a team of Nipponese research worker say it could well be an “ ocean world , ” abundant in good quondam H2O.
Via the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan :
The team investigated whether this planet has an standard atmosphere rich in water or hydrogen . The Subaru observation show that the sky of this planet does not show a strong Rayleigh scattering feature , which a cloudless H - prevail atmosphere would predict . When combine with the findings of previous observations in other colors , this new observational result implies that GJ 1214 b is probable to have a water - rich atmosphere .
study the full study here . For extra item , headover to NAOJ ’s Subaru Telescope varlet .
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