A new cosmic body has been called a killer that will attack without being noticed
Scientists have said that a planet the size of Jupiter, located 64 light years from Earth, stinks of rotten eggs, and there are also happenings on it deadly storms and storms.
A new exoplanet is located outside our solar system. There are clouds in the atmosphere that are “pierced with glass,” and it rains down, according to NASA. In the study, astronomers said the atmosphere also contains trace amounts of hydrogen sulfide, which causes an unpleasant odor.
The new planet, called HD 189733 b, is a so-called “hot planet Jupiter,” which is a group of gas giants with extremely high temperatures. According to NASA, it orbits its stars at close range, making it «hot as hell.»
According to scientists, HD 189733 b takes just 2.2 days to orbit its star, and due to its proximity to it, its surface temperature is 926 degrees Celsius. By comparison, Jupiter, the gas giant in our solar system, takes about 12 Earth years to orbit the sun.
NASA calls HD 189733 b “a nightmare world and a killer that cannot be seen coming.”
“To the human eye, this distant planet appears bright blue. But any space traveler who confuses it with Earth's friendly skies would be greatly mistaken, the space agency said. “The weather in this world is deadly.”
Winds reach 1,500 mph (2,414 km/h). These gusts indicate dangerous glass rain, with NASA reporting that “getting caught in glass rain on this planet is more than an inconvenience – it’s death by a thousand cuts.”
The James Webb Space Telescope has been used to study the deadly exoplanet, which was discovered in 2005. The researchers believe that the discovery of the “smelly atmosphere” gives scientists new clues about how sulfur may affect both the interiors and atmospheres of gas worlds outside Earth’s solar system.
“We are not looking for life on this planet because it is too hot, but the detection of hydrogen sulfide is a starting point for searching for this molecule on other planets and gaining a deeper understanding of how different types of planets form,” explains astrophysicist Guangwei Fu.
According to Fu, studying sulfur can help scientists better understand how planets form and what they are made of. Fu and his research team plan to next track the sulfur content of other exoplanets.
“We want to know how these types of planets formed, and understanding their atmospheres will help us answer this question,” Fu concludes.