by An exoplanet hosts strange, sandy clouds high in its atmosphere, a new study reveals.
While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may spend a lot of its time observing the farthest reaches of the early universe when galaxies were only just starting to form, it also spends plenty of its time focused on objects a lot closer to home — such as the atmospheres of exoplanets in our galactic neighborhood.
A team of European astronomers used observations from the JWST to detail the atmospheric composition of a nearby "fluffy" exoplanet, called WASP-107b.
Researchers found water vapor, sulfur dioxide and even silicate sand clouds residing within the exoplanet's dynamic atmosphere.
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While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may spend a lot of its time observing the farthest reaches of the early universe when galaxies were only just starting to form, it also spends plenty of its time focused on objects a lot closer to home — such as the atmospheres of exoplanets in our galactic neighborhood.
A team of European astronomers used observations from the JWST to detail the atmospheric composition of a nearby "fluffy" exoplanet, called WASP-107b.
Researchers found water vapor, sulfur dioxide and even silicate sand clouds residing within the exoplanet's dynamic atmosphere.
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