'Sub-Neptune' planet developed 2nd atmosphere? Young hot star stripped 1st

A Hubble Space Telescope study of GJ 1132 b may have revealed that the exoplanet developed a second atmposhere after the first was stripped away by the intense radiation of its host star.

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer

Additional Visualizations:
Artist’s impression of Exoplanet GJ 1132 b: Robert Hurt
Atmosphere escaping an exoplanet (artist’s impression): NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser
Artist’s impression of WASP-107b: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser
Video animation of of Exoplanet GJ 1132 b: Robert Hurt
Aerial of oozing red lava in Hawaii: Artbeats
Aerial from Puu Oo volcanic vents on Hawaii's Kilauea: Artbeats
Exovolcano Animation Background Only: Michael Lentz
Illustration depicting one interpretation of planet GJ 357 c: Chris Smith
Music: "Planetary Exploration" by Richard Andrew Canavan [PRS], via Sound Pocket Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music

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