Learn more about the atmosphere of WASP-121b, or Tylos, whose winds are layered like no other planet’s.
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
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Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
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