James Webb Telescope spies hot, gritty clouds in skies of huge exoplanet
The spectra showed signs of clouds made of silicates, which periodically rain down into the depths of the planet, moving about in an atmosphere as hot as a flame, around 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit .
Silicate clouds have no equivalent here on"The finer silicate grains in its atmosphere may be more like tiny particles in smoke," said University of Edinburgh astrophysicist Beth Biller, part of the research team, in the press release."The larger grains might be more like very hot, very small sand particles."
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