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It Rains Molten Sand on This Backward Alien Planet, Webb Telescope Data Reveals
WASP-107b is a gas giant planet that orbits its star backward, in what astronomers call a retrograde orbit.
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals that WASP-107b has a glowing tail of helium and rains molten sand.
Astronomers used JWST's Mid InfraRed Instrument to study WASP-107b's atmosphere and found that it contains water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and dense clouds of silicate. [ more ]