Future Space Telescopes Might Investigate Titan-like Exoplanets

Future Space Telescopes Might Investigate Titan-like Exoplanets

Saturn’s huge moon, Titan is one of the most appealing worlds in the solar system with its thick, nitrogen-dominated atmosphere. While most of the research focuses on discovering worlds that are similar to earth, a team of researchers figured out if they could explore the potentially habitable worlds using upcoming instruments. The team formed titan-like worlds around a variety of stars and modeled a red dwarf known as Barnard’s Star, which is about 6 light-years from the sun. Researchers wanted to check if they could discover this planet through direct imaging with the LUVOIR telescope and observed that a Titan-like haze could be noticeable from Earth. Astronomers hope they could probe haze-rich worlds from the earth using the next generation of space telescopes that will help to understand these planets’ atmospheres.

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