Super-Earth Exoplanet 55 Cancri e (Artist’s Concept) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Super-Earth Exoplanet 55 Cancri e (Artist’s Concept)

Caption

This artist's concept shows what the exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories. Observations from Webb’s NIRCam and MIRI suggest that the planet may be surrounded by an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide (CO2) or carbon monoxide (CO). Researchers think the gases that make up the atmosphere could have bubbled out of an ocean of magma that is thought to cover the planet’s surface.

 

Credit

NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

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