‘Super-Earth’: Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
NEW DELHI: Astronomers using the Nasa‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have achieved a significant milestone by detecting an atmosphere around the rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e, which orbits a Sun-like star some 12.6 parsecs away from Earth. This discovery marks the first time an atmosphere has been identified surrounding a terrestrial planet outside our … Read more
