GJ1214b A super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. New observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show that it is a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. GJ1214b represents a new type of planet, like nothing seen in our solar system or any other planetary system currently known. NASA, ESA, and D. Aguilar (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) View high resolution

GJ1214b

A super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. New observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show that it is a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. GJ1214b represents a new type of planet, like nothing seen in our solar system or any other planetary system currently known.

NASA, ESA, and D. Aguilar (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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