The possibility of water in the ultra-hot exoplanet Jupiter

Water in Jupiter WASP-121b. But, Life?


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NASA is initiating its several projects regarding new researches and observations of already existing mysterious objects and planets or we can say exoplanets. After a long observation period, NASA disclosed the all information of  the exoplanet Jupiter present near to our solar system.

The exoplanet Jupiter WASP-121b is the extreme conditions consisting planet whose one face have direct exposer of the illumination of its corresponding star. This planet was found by NASA’s “Spitzer and Hubble telescope” and got imaged on the computer screens with the help of some simulation practices of them. Its adequate images show the radiation impact of the star (which is adjacent to it) upon this planet.

Water availability

 A new study by the scientists shows that ultra-hot Jupiter can accommodate the existence of water due to the presence of ingredients, like hydrogen and oxygen, which forms the initiator of life i.e. water. The major reason for it is the extreme temperature of the body of the planet due to the extra incidence of irradiation of its star. Radiation and temperatures tore the hydrogen and oxygen reaction duration and such derivatives remain none reacted.

In an interview, few important lines were said by Vivien Parmentier, an astrophysicist at Aix Marseille University in France. He said that; “The daysides of these worlds (Jupiter WASP-121b) are furnaces that look more like a stellar atmosphere and according to this perspective, such ultra-hot Jupiters stretch out our thinking about planets that what we think planets should look like”.

Other similar Jupiters study had been reported in three publications and these ultra-hot exoplanets are referred by a name i.e. WASP 103b, WASP-18b, and HAT-P-7b.

A recent study by the Hubble telescope showed the formation of clouds in the nightshade side. This is the obscured phenomena for researchers due to the unpredicted processes. Though several estimations by the scientists have been splashed via the concept of a chemical process which seems that;

1.  Major possibilities are the condensation of water molecules present in air (in a very minute quantity) and they turned into clouds after the evaporation process.

2.  Next possibility suggests that the presence of unique assets within the condensed form of water might prefer the metallic and ruby rains upon the ultra-hot Jupiter’s hardcore surface.

Some important data regarding the exoplanets like Jupiter WASP-121b has been reported after the miscellaneous observations of the conditions of its surface, atmosphere and day-night time period. In most of the Jupiters have a long day illumination duration in a hemisphere towards the sun and other hemisphere have endless nights. Such conditions cause a massive temperature difference among both sides of the planet. Generally, dayside temperature range has been ranked as 2000-3000 degrees Celsius (3,600-5,400 Fahrenheit). It declares the ultra-hot Jupiter planet as the hottest exoplanet among all others. The hemisphere bounded by the endless nights, temperature seems 1000 degrees Celsius (1,800 Fahrenheit), able to reform the water vapors as well as coalesce into the clouds.

There are many other exoplanets which are still remaining for their identification and analyzation. NASA is going to reinforce their upcoming projects with the strategical goals to propound a new step towards the advancement and notability of the human civilization along with some unexplored things.

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