Open AccessFound! Earth‐sized bodies with oxygen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50604_11.x
Subject(s) - earth (classical element) , astrobiology , oxygen , geology , chemistry , biology , physics , astronomy , organic chemistry
Researchers have discovered two Earth‐sized bodies with oxygen‐rich atmoshperes. However, what makes this discovery a little less exciting is that these are not planets, but white dwarf stars.