Learn more about the atmosphere of WASP-121b, or Tylos, whose winds are layered like no other planet’s.
Astronomers have peered into an alien planet's atmosphere and found extreme weather unlike anything in the solar system.
"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
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Space.com on MSNExoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
Astronomers on Tuesday announced their observations of distinct winds in separate layers circulating on the planet named WASP ...
Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...
'Out of science fiction': First 3D observations of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveal a unique climate
Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...
Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...
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ScienceAlert on MSNExtreme Drop in Oxygen Will Eventually Suffocate Most Life on EarthAccording to the calculations run by Ozaki and Reinhard, the oxygen-rich habitable history of Earth could end up lasting for ...
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ZME Science on MSNNASA astronomers find the fastest exoplanet system at 1.2 million miles per hourNASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...
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