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Welcome to the gas giant planet where clouds turn to stone
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Welcome to the gas giant planet where clouds turn to stone

Imagine a planet where clouds are made of rock and melt away each morning! That's WASP-94A b, a fascinating gas giant studied by a team from Johns Hopkins University using the James Webb Space Telescope. They discovered that mornings are filled with clouds of magnesium silicate while evenings are clear, revealing the planet's true atmospheric composition. This groundbreaking research not only clears up previous mysteries but also opens up exciting avenues for future studies of exoplanets.
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