Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica — a common mineral on Earth — within the atmosphere of a blazing hot exoplanet.

If you could see the clouds on WASP-17b, they might glitter as starlight reflects off the facets of billions of microscopic quartz crystals. As gas giant WASP-17b crossed in front of its star, a team ...

This is a transmission spectrum of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-17 b captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s innovative Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on 12–13 March 2023. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's impression of the exoplanet WASP-17b, which may contain clouds of quartz in its atmosphere. A massive, gassy planet ...

What sights could an exoplanet’s atmosphere create that would mimic Earth’s own visual wonders? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

In context: WASP-17 b is a "hot Jupiter" type exoplanet that orbits a host star located 1,300 light years away from Earth. This gas giant is one of the three targets in the JWST-powered "Deep ...

NASA's Webb Telescope has detected quartz in the air of a giant planet 1,300 light-years away. The Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend. The atmosphere of the hot gas giant planet WASP-17 b, ...

Quartz, also known as silica, is everywhere. This mineral is in the screen of the laptop or phone you’re reading this article on. It’s used to make computer chips, which are in everything from medical ...

(CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica - a common mineral on Earth - within the atmosphere of a blazing hot ...

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