James Webb Reveals Unprecedented Weather Patterns on Distant Brown Dwarf
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists studied the complex, chaotic weather of SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf 20 light-years away, revealing layered, turbulent atmospheres with dynamic cloud formations and vertical mixing, providing insights into atmospheric processes on similar exoplanets.
Topics:science#atmospheric-dynamics#brown-dwarf#exoplanet-weather#james-webb-space-telescope#science#simp-0136
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