"Hubble Captures Extreme Weather on Remote Gas Giant"
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed extreme weather conditions on the hot Jupiter exoplanet WASP-121b, located 880 light-years away. The planet experiences intense cyclones and storms due to the significant temperature difference between its permanent day and night sides, with its atmosphere containing evaporated metals like iron and vanadium. These observations, combined with computer modeling, provide insights into the atmospheric dynamics of such exoplanets and could inform future studies of weather on smaller, potentially habitable worlds.