Saturday, April 6, 2024

Glory’ Lights Observed On Distant Planet



IMAGE: Artist impression of glory on exoplanet WASP-76b

CAPTION: Each glory is unique, depending on the composition of the planet's atmosphere and the colours in the starlight that shines onto it. WASP-76 is a yellow-white main sequence star like our own, but different stars create glory with differing colours and patterns.

CREDIT: ESA, work performed by ATG under contract for ESA. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO



IMAGE: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2005a/

CAPTION: Artist's impression of WASP-76b's night side – hot, but cool enough for molten iron rain drops to fall.

CREDIT: ESO/Martin Kornmesser

Reference: See here

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