> ELI5: the forbidden atmosphere Why Can't We Breathe Some Air? 🌫️ Some planets wrap themselves in a poisonous invisible blanket 🌍 GOOD Air Oxygen + Nitrogen Safe to breathe ✅ vs. 🪐 BAD Air CO₂, Methane, Sulfur Forbidden ❌ like 🫙 Sealed Jar Can't get in or out! Analogy 🍪 🚫 Result You can't breathe it 3 reasons why → 🏭 Too Much Greenhouse Gas Like wrapping the planet in 100 blankets on a hot day 🛏️ CO₂ traps heat, makes the air thick & choking ☠️ Poison in the Air Like someone mixed bleach into the entire sky 🧴💀 Sulfuric acid, methane clouds = instant danger zone 🫁 Zero Oxygen Like trying to breathe inside a completely empty balloon 🎈 Our lungs NEED oxygen No O₂ = no life possible 💡 Earth's air is special — just the right mix, just the right amount. Other planets didn't get so lucky! eli5.cc

ELI5: the forbidden atmosphere

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April 14, 2026
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// eli5Scientists found a planet called TOI-5205 b that has a very strange atmosphere [1]. It's like finding a juice box that has way less sugar and flavoring than it should have - the planet is huge like Jupiter, but its atmosphere doesn't have as many heavy elements as scientists expected it to have [1]. It's 'forbidden' because it breaks the rules of what we thought we knew about how planets work!

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[1]This “forbidden” exoplanet has an atmosphere scientists can't explain

Apr 6, 2026 ... TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere surprisingly poor in heavy elements—even less enriched than its ...

[2]Forbidden atomic oxygen emissions in the martian dayside upper ...

May 1, 2021 ... ... atmosphere. About 40 years ago, Fox and Dalgarno (1979) predicted the forbidden emissions of atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere of Mars.

[3]Books with a mysterious, „forbidden” atmosphere. : r/booksuggestions

Feb 6, 2024 ... Not in a horror way but just subtle things and ideas that make you keep the book in your mind throughout the day. Archived post. New comments ...

[4]The Effect of the Forbidden Continuum of H^- in the Solar Atmosphere

A model solar atmosphere in local thermodynamic equilibrium was constructed, using the abundance parameters of Goldberg, Muller, and Aller (1960). For a purely ...

[5]Horror movies with an atmosphere/theme similar to the Forbidden ...

Jan 5, 2024 ... Looking for something with that greyish-brown theme and grimy atmosphere, preferably centered around occult lore or mythological creatures.

[6]The Forbidden City: Secrets of China’s imperial palace. shortsfeeds #chinesehistory +subscribevideo

Video by CHINESE STUDIES

The Forbidden City: Secrets of China’s imperial palace. shortsfeeds #chinesehistory +subscribe
[7]BANNED Book Reveals 3 Types of Humans | Which are You? #spirituality #spiritualawakening #mysticvideo

Video by MorgueOfficial

BANNED Book Reveals 3 Types of Humans | Which are You? #spirituality #spiritualawakening #mystic
[8]The Scariest Fact about The Universevideo

Video by AstroKobi

The Scariest Fact about The Universe
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