James Webb Space Telescope spots scorching swirling clouds on remote planet

They found that the atmosphere is constantly rising, mixing and moving during its 22-hour day, bringing hotter material up and pushing colder material down.

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted scorching swirling clouds on a remote planet (NASA/ESA/CSA/ Joseph Olmsted [STScI])

Swirling hot sand clouds have been detected on a distant planet by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Researchers pinpointed silicate cloud features in the distant planet’s atmosphere.