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Ilustración artística del flujo de gas del GJ 3470b
This artist's illustration shows a giant cloud of hydrogen streaming off a warm, Neptune-sized planet just 97 light-years from Earth. The exoplanet is tiny compared to its star, a red dwarf named GJ 3470. The star's intense radiation is heating the hydrogen in the planet's upper...
- Fecha
- Jan 1, 2018
- Misión
- Hubble Space Telescope
- ID de archivo
- hubblesite-images-2018-52-4275-image
This artist's illustration shows a giant cloud of hydrogen streaming off a warm, Neptune-sized planet just 97 light-years from Earth. The exoplanet is tiny compared to its star, a red dwarf named GJ 3470. The star's intense radiation is heating the hydrogen in the planet's upper atmosphere to a point where it escapes into space. The alien world is
losing hydrogen at a rate 100 times faster than a previously observed warm Neptune whose atmosphere is also evaporating away.
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NASA, ESA, and D. Player (STScI)Más imágenes de este periodo
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