James Webb Telescope Uncovers Salt Clouds on a Strange Pink Planet 57 Light-Years Away

James Webb Telescope uncovers salt clouds on a strange pink planet 57 light-years away

Using Webb's ability to isolate faint planetary light from the glare of a nearby star, a team led by Northwestern University captured direct spectroscopic data from GJ504b for the first time. What had taken countless observation attempts from Earth was accomplished in roughly two hours. More importantly, the data was...Read Entire Article

Webb space telescope finds exotic salt clouds on cold, pink planet

New Delhi: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered salt clouds surrounding a cold, planetary-mass companion known as the ‘Pink Planet’, providing the first direct evidence for an atmospheric phenomenon theorised over 15 years ago. The object, designated as GJ504 b, orbits a Sun-like star about 57 lightyears from the Earth. The object was discovered in 2013, and is estimated to contain 25 times the mass of Jupiter, placing it on the …