NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet

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NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet

This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.