A steam world is a type of exoplanet with a steam H2O atmosphere. The first discovered steam world is GJ 9827 d which was characterized by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2024.[1][2]
- ^ Nearby exoplanet is a 1st-of-its-kind 'steam world,’ James Webb Space Telescope finds, space.com, October 11, 2024
- ^ JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich "Steam World" Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d, Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Björn Benneke, Michael Radica, Eshan Raul, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Daria Kubyshkina, Ward S. Howard, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Ryan J. MacDonald, Pierre-Alexis Roy, Amy Louca, Duncan Christie, Marylou Fournier-Tondreau, Romain Allart, Yamila Miguel, Hilke E. Schlichting, Luis Welbanks, Charles Cadieux, Caroline Dorn, Thomas M. Evans-Soma, Jonathan J. Fortney, Raymond Pierrehumbert, David Lafrenière, Lorena Acuña, Thaddeus Komacek, Hamish Innes, Thomas G. Beatty, Ryan Cloutier, René Doyon, Anna Gagnebin, Cyril Gapp, and Heather A. Knutson, October 4 2024
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