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Rocky clouds every morning, gone by evening: Study shows Hot Jupiter’s weird weather

NASA’s James Webb Telescope spotted rocky mineral clouds forming each morning and vanishing by evening on the distant exoplanet WASP-94A b, revealing extreme weather on a Hot Jupiter. How did these rocky clouds form Scientists studied the planet as it transited across its parent star. JWST allowed a look into the planet’s leading morning-side, where cooler air of the night-side flows towards the hot dayside, and the trailing eveni... [1338 chars]

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