Scientists working with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified a previously unknown kind of exoplanet, one whose unusual atmosphere challenges our understanding of how this type of planet forms.
The strange world has a stretched, lemon-like shape and may even contain diamonds at its center, placing it somewhere between what scientists typically consider a planet and a star.
Known as PSR J2322-2650b, the object is wrapped in an atmosphere dominated by helium and carbon, a combination never before observed on an exoplanet.
Known as PSR J2322-2650b, the object is wrapped in an atmosphere dominated by helium and carbon, a combination never before observed on an exoplanet.
Although it is roughly as massive as Jupiter, its skies are filled with soot-like carbon clouds, and under intense pressure deep inside the planet, that carbon could crystallize into diamonds.
The planet circles a rapidly rotating neutron star.
Exactly how such an object formed remains a mystery." msn
Exactly how such an object formed remains a mystery." msn
NO MYSTERY: Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2
