Famous Pink Planet Mystery Decoded: JWST Says Salt Clouds Are the Culprit
JWST captured the planet’s faint glow and found water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia, with salt clouds fitting the data best.
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The James Webb telescope obtained the first spectrum of GJ504b, an object halfway between giant planet and brown dwarf, 57 light-years from the Earth. Clouds of potassium chloride and zinc sulphide float in its atmosphere, and confirm a fifteen-year-old theory. Its mass now exceeds 25 times that of Jupiter according to these same measurements.
His colour has already caused a stir, but his atmosphere holds another surpriseRed giant, white dwarf, blue lager – the universe is populated by all kinds of colorful inhabitants. But among these one stands out: a pink planet. He is known for a long time, but now a research team has discovered another amazing detail of the celestial body: the pink planet has salty clouds. In 2013, he was first seen, he got the technical name GJ504b. He orbits a …
James Webb Reveals Salt Clouds on Mysterious “Pink Planet”
Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary new secret hidden within one of the universe’s most unusual worlds. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have discovered vast salt clouds surrounding the famous “Pink Planet,” a cold and enigmatic object located about 57 light-years from Earth. Known as GJ504b, the celestial body has intrigued scientists since […] The post James Webb Reveals Salt Clouds on Mysterious “Pink Planet” a…
At 57 light-years from the Earth, a mysterious object neither entirely planet nor star hides clouds of salt in its atmosphere — a first for astronomers. The James Webb telescope succeeded in two hours what the largest Earth telescopes had never been able to accomplish in one [...]
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