Our 1st 3D weather map from a distant exoplanet

3D weather map: Sphere, lit on 1 side only, with green, red and blue arrows wrapped around it labeled iron, sodium and hydrogen.

Here it is! Our 1st 3D weather map for an exoplanet 900 light-years away. Video via European Southern Observatory (ESO). Astronomers have created the first 3D weather map for an exoplanet, located some 900 light-years away. The planet is called WASP-121b, aka Tylos. It’s a hot Jupiter in the direction of the constellation Puppis. It … Read more