BeschreibungAtmosphere Composition of Exoplanet K2-18 b (NIRISS & NIRSpec).png
English: Spectra of K2-18 b, obtained with Webb’s NIRISS (Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph) and NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) displays an abundance of methane and carbon dioxide in the exoplanet’s atmosphere, as well as a possible detection of a molecule called dimethyl sulfide (DMS).
The detection of methane and carbon dioxide, and shortage of ammonia, are consistent with the presence of an ocean underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere in K2-18 b.
K2-18 b, 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 in the habitable zone and lies 110 light years from Earth.
Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI)
Science: Nikku Madhusudhan (IoA)
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Atmospheric spectrum of exoplanet K2-18 b from JWST
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