Artist’s Impression Of Gas Giant WASP-107b

Artist’s Impression Of Gas Giant WASP-107b

The exoplanet WASP-107b is a gas giant, orbiting a highly active K-type main sequence star. The star is about 200 light-years from Earth. Using spectroscopy, scientists were able to find helium in the escaping atmosphere of the planet and amp;mdash; the first detection of this element in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. May 3, 2018