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A sandstorm swirls through the skies of a distant gas giant

Dust rich in silicon and oxygen churns through the atmosphere of a young giant planet.
This illustration conceptualizes the swirling clouds identified by the JWST in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256 b.

The clouds of the exoplanet VHS 1256 b (artist’s illustration) are laced with sandy dust. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

Gritty dust clouds roil the atmosphere of a distant planet1.

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Nature 616, 10 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00880-x

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  1. Miles, B. E. Astrophys. J. Lett. 946, L6 (2023).

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