Webb Spots Chemical Weather on Brown Dwarfs ⚡ экспресс
Original: "The JWST weather report from the nearest brown dwarfs III: Heterogeneous clouds and Thermochemical instabilities as possible drivers of WISE 1049AB's spectroscopic variability"
The Webb telescope caught chemical weather behind the pulsations of a pair of brown dwarfs: their brightness varies not only due to clouds but also from churning reactions deep inside.
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Two brown dwarfs twinkle in sync, but one winks brighter in methane than in water. Webb caught this chemical ripple—perhaps the key to forecasting weather on distant planets.
🎯 Similar chemical waves likely rage in Jupiter's atmosphere—we just can't see them directly.