First 3D Map of an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Reveals Bizarre Weather
Meet Tylos: a gas giant 900 light years away and with a climate never seen before on any planet known to scientists.
3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climate
Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its other hemisphere tidally locked in perpetual darkness. And at about the same time, a different group discovered a rare small, cold exoplanet with a massive outer companion 100 times the mass of Jupiter.
Scientists Develop First-Ever 3D Map of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere
For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system. Attached to a particularly mysterious alien world, the newly charted atmosphere challenges astronomers' understanding of how weather works on other planets.
First 3D view of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveals alien weather that's "Out of science fiction"
A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.
This distant exoplanet has an atmosphere ‘like something out of science fiction’
Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
Astronomers reveal 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere
Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake on a ferociously hot gas planet that orbits close to a star bigger and hotter than our sun.
Astronomers map the 3D atmosphere of exoplanet Tylos
Astronomers have discovered by looking through an exoplanet's atmosphere and mapping its 3D structure for the first time
A Real-Life Sci-Fi World? This Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Behaves Like Nothing Seen Before
Around 900 light-years away, a gas giant exoplanet unlike anything in our solar system is rewriting the rules of extreme weather. Known as WASP-121b, this planet is already infamous for its blistering temperatures,
From Metal Rain to Roaring Jet Streams: The First 3D Look at an Alien Atmosphere
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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A Planet 900 Light-Years Away Has Weather So Extreme “It Feels Like Science Fiction”. It’s 70,000 km/h Winds Carry Vaporized Iron and Even Titanium
Image an alien planet where savage winds rip through the atmosphere carrying molten iron and titanium particles. Such a ...
Scientists just looked inside a truly sci-fi planet
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
Exoplanet's Winds 'Challenge Our Understanding of How Weather Works'
"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
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Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'
Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by ...
Scientists observed violent titanium rainstorms on an alien world
Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so ...
Molten iron rains to raging titanium winds: Scientists reveal the first 3D map of an alien planet's weather
Scientists have mapped the 3D structure of exoplanet WASP-121b's atmosphere, revealing powerful winds, extreme weather, and a ...