Researchers from the University of Cornell in the United States have developed a new method for the search for water in other -after -go -in -the -otherpects using James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Scientists examine the chemical processes in the hot coat of the Earth and form a basalt -based spectral library. This method can help determine the surface composition of planets outside the solar system and obtain evidence whether there is water on these planets.
ESteban Gazel, the Professor of Engineering from the University of Cornell, is formed by the Basalt of Mars when it melts.
Assistant Professor Emily First of Gazel and Macalester College signed a study published in Nature Astronomy magazine. In their work, they focus on understanding how minerals make rocks and how these processes leave their spectral traces.
Within the scope of the research, the infrared light emitted by 15 different basalt samples was measured. Thus, the basalt spectral signatures that JWST could detect. If the basaltic lava in the other is on the surface, they harden and turn into rocks. If there is water on the planet, these basalt rocks can interact with water and create new minerals. Scientists can examine the small spectral differences in basalt samples and determine whether there is water on the surface or internal structure of the other.
The research team examined the ‘Super World’ LHS 3844B, 48 light years away from the Earth to test its methods. Ishan Mishra, who works in Nikole Lewis’s laboratory, wrote a special computer code to model the surface of this planet with basalt spectral data. Researchers are trying to understand how these rocks are formed and shaped under what conditions by analyzing the planets of the planets, silicon, aluminum and magnesium.
This research represents a new method that will be used by JWST and other observations in other years to seek water in other years.
