elizabethtasker ,
@elizabethtasker@mastodon.online avatar

Yo 🪐 spectroscopic #astrodon… how convinced are we that LHS 1140b is a water world?

The paper on arXiv is all “JWST says this be the ultimate wet n’ wild 💦🌊💧” but…

…the spectrum is actually flat.

So… actually nothing has been detected?

The authors say that this rules out a fluffball hot hydrogen atmosphere, as then you WOULD expect something (i.e. methane or carbon dioxide) but does that really constrain it?

Are all boring spectra giant swimming pools?

Paper 📃: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13265

enigma ,
@enigma@norden.social avatar

@elizabethtasker you are asking the right question. Other pretend to be in a gold rush when searching for life.
" I prefer hens", Lincoln was quoted about his lush generals in civil war times. " Hens only cackle after the eggs have laid"😎🤔

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