Skip to main content

Sand…coarse, rough, gets everywhere. We may have found it on VHS 1256 b, a Tatooine-like world orbiting twin suns. Among other molecules, Webb detected silicate dust grains in its atmosphere. The larger grains may be like very hot, small sand particles: https://go.nasa.gov/40jDNje
#JamesWebb

NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet

Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
#jameswebb
in reply to NASA

jonny (good kind)
jonny (good kind)
• •
nasa coming up to me because it loves me and is obsessed with me all like "I found a hot small sand planet for you" but when it pulls it out of its pocket it's all smeared with chocolate and granola crumbs and it tries to wipe it off on its shirt but it's too late and the sand is cold now anyway

Lo, thar be cookies on this site to keep track of your login. By clicking 'okay', you are CONSENTING to this.

⇧