Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere

[zzzeek]

https://www.reuters.com/science/astronomers-finally-detect-rocky-planet-with-an-atmosphere-2024-05-08/

[bgirard]

They make it sound like it's the first discovery if a rocky planet with an atmosphere. What about other exoplanets like TRAPPIST-1d?

[ziddoap → bgirard]

I could be completely mistaken, but I believe (at least for TRAPPIST-1d) no atmosphere has been directly detected, it has just been posited and models suggest that it should have one. The wikipedia article (for TRAPPIST1-d) is full of "may consist of", "could consist of", "models indicate", etc. Whereas this seems (?) to be a direct observation of an atmosphere.

[mock-possum]

> this hellish planet - apparently with a surface of molten rock - offers no hope for habitability

Aw.

[hinkley → mock-possum]

We've trained generations of children on what to do if the floor is lava.

[luxuryballs → mock-possum]

well that explains the atmosphere

[luxuryballs]

the headline makes it sound like they’ve been bar hopping looking for the perfect spot

[asdfman123]

> Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere

> Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one. But this hellish planet - apparently with a surface of molten rock - offers no hope for habitability.

Why does this sound so much like online dating?