Astronomers spot swirling, gritty clouds on remote planet

An illustration of exoplanet VHS 1256 b shows a dimly glowing, Jupiter-like planet with cloud features in its atmosphere.
Friday, March 24, 2023

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed detailed features, including roiling clouds of dust, in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf planet 40 light-years away.

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