Scientists Achieve Breakthrough by Finding Water on an Exoplanet
With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery: the presence of water on GJ 9827d, a distant exoplanet situated far beyond our solar system. This finding is particularly significant because GJ 9827d is the smallest exoplanet ever discovered to have water in its atmosphere. However, the extreme temperatures make it impossible for any life form to live on this planet.
This discovery excites scientists, who are eager to learn more about GJ 9827d’s atmosphere. Scientists were able to use starlight to detect water molecules in the planet’s atmosphere; however, they are still unable to observe the atmosphere of such a small planet directly. They hope further study of this distant exoplanet will help them understand if there are more planets similar to Earth out there in space.
重大突破!科學家在系外行星尋獲水分子
借助哈伯太空望遠鏡,天文學家有了開創性的發現:他們在 GJ 9827d 上找到了水,這是一顆位於太陽系之外的遙遠系外行星。這項發現尤為重大,因為 GJ 9827d 是目前發現大氣中含水的最小系外行星。然而,該行星的極端高溫使任何生物都無法在上面存活。
這項發現令科學家們興奮不已,他們渴望更加了解 GJ 9827d 的大氣層。科學家成功利用星光探測到該行星大氣中的水分子;然而,他們仍無法直接觀測如此小
的行星的大氣層。他們希望對這顆遙遠系外行星的進一步研究將幫助他們了解太空中是否有更多與地球相似的行星。