Tag: atmospheric dynamics
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Astronomers Stunned by Fiery Auroras on a Starless Rogue Planet SIMP-0136
Astronomers using a space telescope have turned their gaze toward SIMP-0136, a nearby rogue planet without a parent star, and witnessed a spectacle more akin to Earth’s auroras than a typical wanderer in deep space. The exquisite sensitivity of the instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope enabled researchers to track minute brightness changes as…
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Fiery Auroras Blaze on Rogue Planet SIMP-0136, Spotted by JWST
Introduction: A New View of Exoplanet Weather When space telescopes turn their gaze toward worlds beyond our solar system, they often reveal weather that defies Earthbound intuition. The James Webb Space Telescope, operated through a collaboration of NASA, ESA and CSA, has now provided an exceptionally detailed portrait of SIMP-0136, a hot, free-floating planet wandering…