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.
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.
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.
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.
Astronomers Unveil 3D Structure of an Alien Planet’s Atmosphere
Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere for the first time, revealing a layered system of extreme winds.
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,
Scientists just looked inside a truly sci-fi planet
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
Welcome To Tylos, A Planet ‘Out Of Science Fiction,’ Scientists Say
Astronomers have peered into an alien planet's atmosphere and found extreme weather unlike anything in the solar system.
studyfinds4d
Alien planet’s bizarre weather baffles scientists: ‘Something out of science fiction’
Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...
Hosted on MSN4d
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 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 closely that a year lasts just 30 Earth hours. One side of the planet is ...
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.
New Scientist4d
Astronomers uncover the topsy-turvy atmosphere of a distant planet
The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...
devdiscourse4d
Unveiling the Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-121b: A Stratified Mystery
Scientists have decoded the three-dimensional atmospheric structure of exoplanet WASP-121b, discovering three distinct layers with unique chemical compositions. This hot gas planet, located 900 ...