Alien Planet's Atmosphere Has a Strange Bulge

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made an exciting discovery about a distant planet called WASP-17b. This planet, located 1,300 light-years away, has an atmosphere that is lopsided due to powerful winds that move heat around. A new mapping technique helped scientists see these hidden distortions, confirming what they believed about how extreme temperatures and winds can shape planets in space.

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