James Webb captures evidence of carbon dioxide in distant planet's atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope for the first time has found clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet that's not in our solar system, according to NASA . The planet researchers detected with the Webb Telescope is WASP-39 b, a gas giant orbiting a star 700 light-years away. Back in 2018, through the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, NASA detected a large amount of water vapor on the planet along with traces of sodium and potassium. Publisher: MSN Reference: (Read more) Visit Source James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon dioxide in atmosphere of exoplanet, NASA reports - The ... NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, NASA says. The telescope found the carbon dioxide around a gas giant planet, WASP-39b, which is orbiting a Sun-like star 700 light-years away, NASA said in a statement. A gas giant is a planet mos...