Enaiposha: a Venus-like exoplanet that challenges planetary categories
Astronomers using JWST data on Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b), a star‑hopping exoplanet about 47 light-years away, find a thick, hazy atmosphere that makes it more Venus‑like than the previously assumed mini‑Neptune. Early spectral hints point to carbon dioxide, water vapor, and metals, signaling a possible new sub‑type of exoplanet and highlighting how hazes can obscure atmospheric chemistry—though Enaiposha itself is likely too hot to be habitable.