A Hot Jupiter’s Cloudy Mornings and Clear Evenings Provide Clues to Its Chemistry
An improved weather forecast for an exoplanet 700 light-years away has revealed new details about its true chemical composition, clarifying more than a decade of blurry data.
Team discovers daily cloud cycle on Hot Jupiter planet
“......我们终于可以确定云是由什么组成的,以及它们在地球周围移动时如何凝结和蒸发的。”
This Alien Planet Has Rock Clouds That Vaporize Before Sunset
JWST 揭示了遥远的热木星上令人惊讶的每日云周期,使科学家能够更清晰地了解其大气层。在 WASP-94A b 上,预测变化很快。由造岩矿物形成的云聚集在地球早晨的天空中,然后随着大气层进入更热的区域而在晚上消失。这个世界很热 [...]
Astronomers de-fog exoplanet atmospheres with new cloud-detecting method
约翰·霍普金斯大学研究人员对热木星行星上每日云循环的发现,为了解其构成和演化提供了独特的窗口