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Scientists discover distant plant that smells of rotten eggs
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08/07/2024
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A planet orbiting a distant star has caused a stink amongst scientists — because it apparently reeks of bad eggs.
The exoplanet was already infamous for its deadly weather but has been hiding another bizarre feature.
A team from the USA’s Johns Hopkins University using data from US space agency NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected trace amounts of hydrogen sulphide.
It gives off a stench but also offers scientists new clues about how sulphur, a building block of planets, might influence the insides and atmospheres of gas worlds beyond the solar system.
The hydrogen sulphide was found in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized planet named, HD 189733.
The planet is about 13 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun in our Solar System.
It is 64 light-years from Earth and was discovered in 2005.
It takes about two Earth days to complete an orbit.
It has scorching temperatures of 925 C and is notorious for vicious weather, including raining glass that blows sideways on winds of over 8,000 km/h.
OPS: Render of the exoplanet HD 189733.
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
DUKAS_172115405_FER
Scientists discover distant plant that smells of rotten eggs
Ferrari Press Agency
Smell 1
Ref 15989
08/07/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa /Johns Hopkins University
A planet orbiting a distant star has caused a stink amongst scientists — because it apparently reeks of bad eggs.
The exoplanet was already infamous for its deadly weather but has been hiding another bizarre feature.
A team from the USA’s Johns Hopkins University using data from US space agency NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected trace amounts of hydrogen sulphide.
It gives off a stench but also offers scientists new clues about how sulphur, a building block of planets, might influence the insides and atmospheres of gas worlds beyond the solar system.
The hydrogen sulphide was found in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized planet named, HD 189733.
The planet is about 13 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun in our Solar System.
It is 64 light-years from Earth and was discovered in 2005.
It takes about two Earth days to complete an orbit.
It has scorching temperatures of 925 C and is notorious for vicious weather, including raining glass that blows sideways on winds of over 8,000 km/h.
OPS: Render of the exoplanet HD 189733 next to its star
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)