# @planetary_pan on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CMVRe-SjrXR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33110901-planetary-pan-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-12T20:39:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) — https://gondola.cc/planetarypan

## Caption

Another exoplanet of note was discovered recently, and it’s just cool. Well, not cool as in temperature. In that case, it’s really hot. A new paper reveals that this exoplanet, LHS 3844b, might be the first example of another world with global tectonics. Read my brief article: https://buff.ly/3lcCVJJ⠀
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IMAGE: This artist’s illustration represents the possible interior dynamics of the super-Earth exoplanet LHS 3844b. The planet’s interior properties and the strong stellar irradiation might lead to a hemispheric tectonic regime. CREDIT: Universität Bern / University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger⠀
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#planetaryscience #exoplanet #lhs3844b #superearth #volcanoes #uofbern #science #space #astronomy #astrophysics

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science, space, lhs3844b, volcanoes, superearth, astrophysics, uofbern, exoplanet, planetaryscience, astronomy

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