The newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The American space agency NASA confirmed the evidence, which it said was discovered in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star about 700 light years from Earth. Planets that orbit a star outside our solar system are called exoplanets. NASA said the exoplanet where the carbon dioxide was found, or detected, is a hot, gas planet. It was discovered in 2011 and is called WASP-39 b. The exoplanet which has a mass about the same as Saturn’s stays around 900 degrees Celsius. It remains hot because it orbits very close to its star. The space agency said the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have made observations of WASP-39 b in the past. Those observations suggested the presence of water vapor, sodium and potassium in the exoplanet’s atmosphere. But now, the presence of carbon dioxide has also been confirmed in its atmosphere. NASA said the Webb telescope was able to make the discovery because of its unusual technical abilities. Researchers recently described the discovery in a paper published online. A detailed study about the findings is to appear in an upcoming issue of the publication Nature.
Title: NASA Finds Evidence of Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
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atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star about 700 light years from Earth. </span> <span data-start-time='34854' data-end-time='43208'>Planets that orbit a star outside our solar system are called exoplanets.</span> <span data-start-time='43208' data-end-time='53667'>NASA said the exoplanet where the carbon dioxide was found, or detected, is a hot, gas planet.</span> <span data-start-time='53667' data-end-time='60750'>It was discovered in 2011 and is called WASP-39 b. </span> <span data-start-time='60750' data-end-time='72021'>The exoplanet which has a mass about the same as Saturn’s stays around 900 degrees Celsius. </span> <span data-start-time='72021' data-end-time='78667'>It remains hot because it orbits very close to its star.</span> <span data-start-time='78667' data-end-time='90979'>The space agency said the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have made observations of WASP-39 b in the past. </span> <span data-start-time='90979' data-end-time='102625'>Those observations suggested the presence of water vapor, sodium and potassium in the exoplanet’s atmosphere.</span> <span data-start-time='102625' data-end-time='110917'>But now, the presence of carbon dioxide has also been confirmed in its atmosphere. </span> <span data-start-time='110917' data-end-time='121521'>NASA said the Webb telescope was able to make the discovery because of its unusual technical abilities.</span> <span data-start-time='121521' data-end-time='129208'>Researchers recently described the discovery in a paper published online. </span> <span data-start-time='129208' data-end-time='138542'>A detailed study about the findings is to appear in an upcoming issue of the publication Nature.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button 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