Scorching exoplanet is a little like Earth in one key way, scientists say

Needless to say, since itsdiscovery in 2018, scientists very understandably reasoned that WASP-189b isn’tanythinglike our home orb.

The two could chitchat about their layered atmospheres, and Earth could gossip about itsozone holes and climate change.

Clouds, and therefore weather such as rain and snow, originate there.

It indicated that the distant orb’s atmosphere may have layers like Earth’s.

Baking away, WASP-189b emitted signals of iron, chromium, vanadium, magnesium and manganese.

We believe that strong winds and other processes could generate these alterations."

Voila – that hints at the existence of layers on WASP-189b, too.

But wait, there’s more.

The team also uncovered remnants of titanium oxide in WASP-189b’s atmospheric shield.

So WASP-189b might have its own ozone layer.