Astronomers Open ‘New Window’ on Exoplanets After Landmark First Detection of Magnetospheres

For a planet to be habitable, it’s generally considered to need liquid water. To have liquid water, a planet needs an atmosphere. To have an atmosphere, it’s understood a world needs a magnetosphere, and for the first time ever, a team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet of magnetic fields—like Earth and Jupiter, […] The post Astronomers Open ‘New Window’ on Exoplanets After Landmark First Detection of Magnetospheres appeared first on Good News Network.