NASA has confirmed 5,573 planets outside the solar system distributed across 4,151 external systems. Of all the rocky bodies, only one officially has an atmosphere, although it is far from being considered “habitable.” Observations of the exoplanet ’55 Cancri e’ made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have finally led to the confirmation of its atmosphere, according to a recent article published in the journal Nature. A planet has an atmosphere when it is surrounded by a layer of gases. On Earth, this thick layer is composed mainly of nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Thanks … Continue reading NASA Confirms Rare Atmosphere on Exoplanet ’55 Cancri e’ Among 5,573 Known Worlds