Atmosphere of a Super-Jupiter

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Video imagery:

·       Artist’s concept of SIMP 0136: NASA, ESA, CSA, and Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

·       SIMP 0136 light curve infographic: NASA, ESA, CSA, and Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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Colorful pictures of outer space form a collage. Planets, stars, and filmy clouds move by. Text: News from the Universe.

 

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Atmosphere of a Super-Jupiter, March 14, 2025. Artist's concept. The red and gold striated planet tilts slightly on a black starry background.

 

Text: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the complex atmosphere of the free-floating super-Jupiter SIMP 0136 in three dimensions.

 

SIMP 0136 is 13 times more massive than Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.

 

At various depths, Webb detected clouds of iron and silicate particles. A graph from July 23, 2023 shows three wavy lines above two images of SIMP 0136. They ascend from the lower left to the upper right. On the right, a graphic depicts Level of the Atmosphere with colored arrows pointing up in layers. The graph moves right to left to reveal the wavy lines started high, then dipped down and rose again over 3 images of SIMP 0136. Text: This news was brought to you in part by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

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