This newly discovered giant Exoplanet is evaporating
The Neptune-like gas giant is being stripped of its atmospheric level gases by the white dwarf it's orbiting
Scientists are in a constant quest to look for other worlds that might be suited to life like our own planet. We had crossed the 4,000-mark when I last wrote about exoplanets back in July. The most widely used parameter to determine whether an exoplanet can harbor life is to see if it exists in the Goldilocks zone — where a planet is just at the right distance from the host star, where the surface temperature is neither too hot or too cold & water can exist in the liquid state.
Unfortunately, most of the exoplanet discoveries in the Goldilocks zone have led to rocky barren landscapes incapable of harboring any life. Recently, a team of researchers from the University of Chicago developed a computer modeling software called ROCKE-3D that had the capability to model rocky exoplanets. The software used parameters based on ocean circulation — an important parameter in determining the habitability of an exoplanet.
More recently, astronomers have added another technique to determining Earth-like-exoplanets. This technique can confirm whether the exoplanet has an atmosphere or not on top of being in the habitable zone. It involves…
