{"id":60832,"date":"2025-12-12T20:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wet-lava-ball-exoplanet-may-have-an-atmosphere-new-evidence-shows\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:24:50","slug":"wet-lava-ball-exoplanet-may-have-an-atmosphere-new-evidence-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wet-lava-ball-exoplanet-may-have-an-atmosphere-new-evidence-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wet lava ball&#8221; exoplanet may have an atmosphere, new evidence shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth&#8217;s solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exoplanet, known as super-Earth TOI-561b, was discovered in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/exoplanet-catalog\/toi-561-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to NASA<\/a>. Scientists have determined that the planet is ultra-hot, with a low density. It is about 1.4 times wider than Earth and orbits the sun in about 11 hours. Its host star is similar to Earth&#8217;s sun in size and temperature, but the exoplanet is 40 times closer to that star than Mercury is to the sun, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/webb\/nasas-webb-detects-thick-atmosphere-around-broiling-lava-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA said in a news release<\/a>. Observations suggest the exoplanet has a global magma ocean and that it is surrounded by a thick layer of gas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exoplanet&#8217;s low density has surprised and baffled scientists, NASA said. It may have an unusual composition from planets in Earth&#8217;s solar system. It could also be surrounded by a thick atmosphere, which would not be expected on an exoplanet with these features. But the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/james-webb-space-telescope-images-sagittarius-b2-nasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">James Webb Space Telescope<\/a><\/span> helped scientists gather data that showed that unlikely scenario might be the case. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers used the telescope&#8217;s Near-Infrared Spectrograph to measure the exoplanet&#8217;s dayside temperature. If the exoplanet has no atmosphere, scientists estimated its dayside temperature would be about 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit. But the spectrograph found TOI-561b&#8217;s temperature closer to 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit, far cooler than expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/12\/54ed4091-77ee-44ee-b42f-31b411558831\/thumbnail\/620x349\/17dad6b7ac018237d0a58f3db81c1053\/stsci-01k6k724tzgea827crv9g0358n.jpg#\" alt=\"stsci-01k6k724tzgea827crv9g0358n.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/12\/54ed4091-77ee-44ee-b42f-31b411558831\/thumbnail\/620x349\/17dad6b7ac018237d0a58f3db81c1053\/stsci-01k6k724tzgea827crv9g0358n.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/12\/54ed4091-77ee-44ee-b42f-31b411558831\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/57d848d72431f27a9ed06ec0006130ad\/stsci-01k6k724tzgea827crv9g0358n.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An artist&#8217;s concept shows what the hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b and its star could look like based on observations from NASA&#8217;s James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just determining the temperature of the exoplanet doesn&#8217;t confirm if there is an atmosphere there, NASA said. The magma ocean could cause heat to circulate, or a thin layer of rock vapor could help cool the planet. But neither of those options is likely to account for the difference between the measured temperatures and what scientists expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We really need a thick volatile-rich atmosphere to explain all the observations,&#8221; said Anjali Piette, a researcher from England&#8217;s University of Birmingham and a co-author of a study published Thursday that detailed the discoveries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Piette said an atmosphere would allow gases like water vapor to absorb some wavelengths of light, keeping the telescope&#8217;s spectrograph from measuring them actually. The exoplanet may also have bright silicate clouds that can reflect starlight to cool the atmosphere, Piette said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scientists suspect there may be some form of equilibrium between the exoplanet&#8217;s atmosphere and its magma ocean, said study co-author Tim Lichtenberg, a researcher from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the same time that gases are coming out of the planet to feed the atmosphere, the magma ocean is sucking them back into the interior,&#8221; Lichtenberg said. &#8220;This planet must be much, much more volatile-rich than Earth to explain the observations. It&#8217;s really like a wet lava ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/12\/92a900f2-3a23-494d-a606-ea037fc873cf\/thumbnail\/620x349\/a88b5ece7b47780deb372cc11a9f3a4d\/stsci-01k6jsyr21pnxc0xtdqz4a2789.jpg#\" alt=\"stsci-01k6jsyr21pnxc0xtdqz4a2789.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/12\/92a900f2-3a23-494d-a606-ea037fc873cf\/thumbnail\/620x349\/a88b5ece7b47780deb372cc11a9f3a4d\/stsci-01k6jsyr21pnxc0xtdqz4a2789.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/12\/92a900f2-3a23-494d-a606-ea037fc873cf\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/82d1c02090253580118da7da66a41b2f\/stsci-01k6jsyr21pnxc0xtdqz4a2789.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An artist&#8217;s concept shows what a thick atmosphere above a vast magma ocean on exoplanet TOI-561 b could look like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scientists will learn more about TOI-561b as they study a data set gathered by the Webb telescope after it observed the exoplanet for more than 37 hours. The work will involve mapping the exoplanet&#8217;s temperature and learning what its atmosphere may be made of.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s really exciting is that this new data set is opening up even more questions than it&#8217;s answering,&#8221; said Johanna Teske, the paper&#8217;s lead author and a staff scientist at the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async 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