Scientists using JWST have uncovered striking cloud formations and extreme heat contrasts on LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot ...

With a volume more than seven times that of Jupiter ... likely fueling a constant stream of quartz clouds around the planet. On the planet's night side, with temperatures falling beneath the ...

Even more interesting, though, is that the planet appears to have floating metal clouds. Part of what makes WASP-121b so intriguing is its oblong shape. Beyond that, though, the planet is also ...

Astronomers have spotted the shiniest known planet in the Milky Way, and it has metal clouds that appear to be raining down titanium droplets. Exoplanet LTT9779 b, which orbits a star about 262 ...

"A small change in clouds could be a large change in how we warm the planet." Cloud cover matters: Not only do clouds reflect sunlight and cool off Earth, they also reflect infrared radiation back ...

Despite such extremes, the team discovered that the planet's dayside hosts reflective clouds on its cooler western hemisphere, creating a striking contrast to the hotter eastern side. "This planet ...