Clouds of Molten Rock on an Alien Planet ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Evidence of Titanate Clouds in the Day-side Atmosphere of the Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-121b"
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds of molten rock for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet heated to stellar temperatures.
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On planet WASP-121b, where even mountains evaporate, Webb’s telescope has glimpsed clouds of mineral dust for the first time. Hellish heat turns rock into gas, and gas into a glowing haze. The discovery promises to unravel the mysteries of birth and death of ultra-hot worlds.
🎯 Every second, WASP-121b loses 100,000 tons of its material — the star blows its atmosphere away into a comet-like tail.