Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the team discovered the largest number of molecules ever identified at the same time outside our Solar System.
Chart showing the signatures of light emissions from VHS 1256 b. / NASA)
"The finer silicate grains in its atmosphere may be more like tiny particles in smoke," noted co-author Beth Biller of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. "The larger grains might be more like very hot, very small sand particles."SEE GALAXIES IN ‘EXQUISITE DETAIL’ IN IMAGES FROM NASA'S JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
Because of its constant churn, the atmosphere causes the brightness of VHS 1256 b to undergo dramatic changes – so dramatic that it is the most variable planetary-mass object known to date, NASA said.
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