an ultra-hot gas giant. These observations show a climate radically different from anything we know in our Solar System, with storms of unprecedented violence. WASP-121b, also known as Tylos ...
The gas giant planet's spots and swirls come from massive storms that whip up prevailing winds as fast as 335 miles an hour at the equator—faster than any known winds on Earth. That includes the ...
Jupiter-like exoplanets, for instance, were initially thought to take nearly 3 to 5 million years to fully form; recent observations now suggest that for a gas giant like Jupiter, this process is ...
Titanic storms sporadically appear, perplexing astronomers. These ice giants, with atmospheres still ... role in triggering these phenomena. This gas, though abundant, seems to have a complex ...