James Webb spots swirling, gritty clouds on remote planet

James Webb Space Telescope spots scorching swirling clouds on remote planet

They found that the atmosphere is constantly rising, mixing and moving during its 22-hour day, bringing hotter material up and pushing colder material down.

James Webb Space Telescope spots scorching swirling clouds on remote planet

The researchers also made clear detections of water, methane and carbon monoxide on the planet which orbits two stars.

James Webb Space Telescope spots scorching swirling clouds on remote planet

The researchers also made clear detections of water, methane and carbon monoxide on the planet which orbits two stars.

Webb Telescope Spots a Planet With 'Gritty' Clouds Just 40 Light-Years Away

The Webb Space Telescope just turned its infrared gaze at an exoplanet and found dense clouds swirling in the atmosphere of this quirky world.Read more...

Webb telescope details weather patterns on a distant planet with two suns

By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected churning clouds of dust on a distant planet that orbits two stars. Known as VHS 1256 b, the exoplanet is about 40 light-years away from Earth and orbits at a long distance from its stars, ideal conditions for fine grained observation with Webb, according

Webb telescope details weather patterns on a distant planet with two suns

By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected churning clouds of dust on a distant planet that orbits two stars. Known as VHS 1256 b, the exoplanet is about 40 light-years away from Earth and orbits at a long distance from its stars, ideal conditions for fine grained observation with Webb, according to Brittany Miles, a fellow at the University of Arizona and coauthor of the new research. “VHS 1256 b is about four times farth…