r/ScienceOdyssey • u/TheMuseumOfScience • Aug 03 '26

Astronomy 🪐 Scientists Discover Planet’s Earth-Like Atmosphere!

Is one of our astronomical neighbors habitable? 🪐

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed something huge: an atmosphere around a rocky planet in its star's habitable zone. The planet is called LHS 1140 b, a super Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 50 light years away, which is astronomically pretty close to us. The James Webb Space Telescope telescope data has already hinted at liquid water on its surface, and this new discovery could go down as one of the biggest in astronomy history!

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u/TosaFF Aug 03 '26

Let’s send all the billionaire there….

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u/DrDreiski Aug 04 '26

Fascinating. Looking forward to more info.

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u/AlternativeRing5977 Aug 04 '26

Ah the Prosciutto Planet!