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As a result, transits in all colors have almost the same transit depths. Although the team did not completely discount the possibility of a hydrogen-dominated atmosphere, the new observational result combined with findings from previous research in other colors suggests that GJ b is likely to have a water-rich atmosphere Figure 3.

The team plans to conduct follow-up observations in the near future to reinforce their conclusion. Figure 3: Observed transit depths and theoretical models for GJ b. The red points are taken with the IRSF 1. The Subaru Telescope data indicate no strong Rayleigh scattering in the blue wavelength. When new targets become available, scientists can study the atmospheres of many super-Earths with the Subaru Telescope and next generation, large telescopes such as the Thirty Meter Telescope TMT.

Such observations will allow scientists to learn even more about the nature of various super-Earths. Rayleigh scattering states that light scattering is proportional to the fourth power of the frequency of the electro-magnetic radiation, and here it is the light from star. Lesser the wavelength larger would be the frequency and hence blue light and violet light would scatter off more and cannot travel deeper into the atmosphere.

That is why sky appears blue and the setting sun appears red because all the blue light is scattered away in the sky by travelling more in the atmosphere at the horizon. This means the internal structure of this world would be very different to that of our own. The planet's short distance from Earth makes it a likely candidate for follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope, which may launch by the end of this decade. The study has been accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal.

Super-Earth 'began as gas giant'. Earth-sized planets 'very common'. Trio of 'super-Earths' discovered. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Planetary Demolition Derby. The artist's concept depicts Keplerc, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star like our sun, located about 2, light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.

Super-Venus Artist Concept. Scientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the combined power of NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes. This graphic shows Keplerb's orbit around a yellow-white, type F star located 2, light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.

Keplerb's transiting orbit. The conception illustration depicts how solar pressure can be used to balance NASA's Kepler spacecraft, keeping the telescope stable enough to continue monitoring distant stars in search of transit The artist's concept depicts Keplere, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1, light-years from Earth in the constellation L Keplere Artist Concept.

This diagram compares the planets of our inner solar system to Kepler, a five-planet star system about light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The five planets of Kepler orb Kepler and the Solar System.