{"id":238403,"date":"2026-06-05T06:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/saturn-sized-exoplanet-with-earth-like-temperature-reveals-methane-rich-atmosphere"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:04:33","slug":"saturn-sized-exoplanet-with-earth-like-temperature-reveals-methane-rich-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/saturn-sized-exoplanet-with-earth-like-temperature-reveals-methane-rich-atmosphere","title":{"rendered":"Saturn-sized exoplanet with Earth-like temperature reveals methane-rich atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/saturn-sized-exoplanet-with-earth-like-temperature-reveals-methane-rich-atmosphere2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A planet that is about the size of Saturn, but with a temperature more like Earth\u2019s, has an atmosphere rich in methane, according to a new study using NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the gas giant planets\u2014Jupiter and Saturn\u2014in Earth\u2019s solar system, which are distant from the sun and therefore extremely cold, and so-called \u201chot Jupiters\u201d\u2014giant planets beyond the solar system that are scorching hot due to their proximity to the stars they orbit\u2014the planet is one of only a handful of known temperate, giant planets and the first to have its atmosphere analyzed.<\/p>\n<p>The new details about the composition of the planet\u2019s atmosphere will inform models of planetary formation and evolution and could improve astronomers\u2019 understanding of how Earth\u2019s atmosphere works, according to the research team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A planet that is about the size of Saturn, but with a temperature more like Earth\u2019s, has an atmosphere rich in methane, according to a new study using NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Unlike the gas giant planets\u2014Jupiter and Saturn\u2014in Earth\u2019s solar system, which are distant from the sun and therefore extremely cold, and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}