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For the first time, astronomers watched water clouds grow and shrink beyond our solar system, tracking weather patterns on a nearby brown dwarf. The discovery opens new ways to understand distant worlds.
Astronomers just watched water clouds drift and shift on a distant world 7.5 light-years away, marking the first time anyone has observed changing weather beyond our solar system. The discovery proves that the same natural forces shaping weather on Earth and Jupiter also work on alien worlds.
For the first time, scientists watched clouds shift and thicken on a freezing world just 7.5 light-years from Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope spent 11 hours tracking actual weather patterns on a brown dwarf colder than Antarctica.
For the first time ever, astronomers watched water clouds shift and change on a world outside our solar system, just like weather on Earth. The discovery brings us one step closer to understanding how universal the laws of nature really are.
After discovering 6,000 planets outside our solar system, astronomers have found what could be the very first moon orbiting beyond our cosmic neighborhood. The Jupiter-sized object is rewriting what we thought we knew about moons.