Exoplanets

This illustration conceptualizes the swirling clouds identified by the James Webb Space Telescope in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The planet is about 40 light-years away and orbits two stars that are locked in their own tight rotation

Intricate details of far-away planet’s atmosphere revealed through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

March 22, 2023 Duncan Sandes

Scientists have identified the intricate features of a distant planet’s atmosphere, revealing clouds made from silicate particles (grains of sand)...