Water-Ice Clouds Detected on a Distant Exo-Jupiter Challenge Exoplanet Atmosphere Models
TL;DR
Using JWST data, researchers detected water-ice clouds in the atmosphere of the exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant much more massive than Jupiter, overturning previous assumptions that such distant atmospheres lack clouds and refining models of exoplanet atmospheres for future Earth-like planet searches.
- Scientists Just Discovered Water-Ice Clouds on an Exo-Jupiter, Breaking Existing Models of Planetary Atmospheres The Daily Galaxy
- Astronomers find an exo-Jupiter, and it seems to have clouds Phys.org
- Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet Science Daily
- New planet called Epsilon Indi Ab discovered and it smells of urine Metro.co.uk
- Webb Spots Icy Clouds on Distant Jupiter-Like Exoplanet Sci.News
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