Artist’s impression of the glory of exoplanet WASP-76b

Signs of a possible rainbow-like “glory effect” have been discovered for the first time on a planet outside our solar system. Glory is a colorful concentric ring of light that only appears under special conditions. Data from ESA’s Sensitive Characterization ExOplanet satellite Cheops and several other ESA and NASA missions show that this delicate phenomenon travels to Earth from the hellish atmosphere of superhot gas giant WASP-76b, 637 light-years away. This suggests that it is radiating directly. This effect is often observed on Earth, but it has only been observed once on another planet, Venus. If confirmed, this first extrasolar glow could reveal more about the nature of this mysterious exoplanet and provide exciting lessons for a deeper understanding of strange, distant worlds. It will be. Each shines differently depending on the composition of the planet’s atmosphere and the color of the starlight shining on it. WASP-76 is a yellow-white main sequence star like us, but different stars emit different colors and patterns of light.