NASA claims to have first discovered evidence of silica in the atmosphere of exoplanets

NASA claims to have first discovered evidence of silica in the atmosphere of exoplanets

Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, October 16 (Reporter Tan Jingjing) - NASA released a statement on the 16th that researchers found evidence that the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the solar system is mainly composed of silica and extremely small quartz crystals through analysis of the observations of the James Webb Space Telescope. This is the first discovery of silica "traces" in the atmosphere of exoplanets, which helps to understand how clouds around exoplanets form and evolve...