Zooming into WASP-189b (VIDEO)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Caption

A slow zoom into WASP-189b (also known as HD 133112 b), an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet with a three-day orbit around its host star, which is named HD 133112. Astronomers discovered that WASP-189b echoes the composition of its host star, providing the first direct evidence of a foundational concept in astrobiology. This discovery was achieved through the first-ever simultaneous measurement of gaseous magnesium and silicon in a planet’s atmosphere.

Credit

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DSS/N. Bartmann/E. Slawik/D. de Martin/M. Zamani

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