Elements are not only found on our planet Earth. Many of the elements found on Earth can also be found in other parts of space. Even many of the elements in our world thought to come from outer spaceThese elements are believed to have been brought to Earth by structures such as meteorites.

It is one of these elements and is one of the rare elements on Earth.samara (Sm)element became the subject of a new discovery. Scientists have encountered samarium on an exoplanet for the first time. Samarium is the heaviest element among the known elements.

element found deep in the earth, in the atmosphere of this planet

Scientists from the National Astronomical Observatory of China, located in another galaxy about 556 light-years from Earth. MASCARA-4 He encountered samarium on the planet called . The discovery of samarium was the heaviest discovery ever made on an exoplanet.

In addition, samarium, which is located in the depths of the Earth and especially in the regions close to the core, can be found on the planet MASCARA-4. in the atmosphere was located. This was actually a situation related to the structure of MASCARA-4.

MASCARA-4, which persists around a young A-type star,”ultra-hot JupiterAlso known as “. The temperature on the planet, which has a mass 3.1 times that of Jupiter, is estimated to be very high, such as 1976 degrees Celsius.

So how was this discovery made?

ESPRESSO

The discovery of the heaviest element ever discovered on an exoplanet was made possible by the European Observatory’s ESPRESSO spectrograph. Examining the data obtained from the February 13 and March 1, 2020 observations, scientists revealed important details about MASCARA-4.

In addition to samarium, the planet has also seen the presence of the elements titanium and barium. Next to samarium barium was also first observed on another planet.