Iron rain and methane lakes: Alien weather on far away planets
3 years, 10 months ago

Iron rain and methane lakes: Alien weather on far away planets

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mars has a completely different weather system from Earth, mainly because of its dryness and thin atmosphere When this gaseous iron reaches the night side of the planet, where the temperature is cooler, the iron then condenses back into a liquid and falls towards the surface. Winds on Mars Mars has a completely different weather system from Earth, mainly because of its dryness and thin atmosphere. The recent first powered flight on Mars by the Nasa helicopter Ingenuity was amazing not only for the exploration factor but because rotor blades provide so little lift in the thin atmosphere which is roughly two per cent of that on the Earth’s surface. On Earth, most lightning is concentrated near the equator but on Jupiter the stability of the atmosphere means most convection and turbulence occurs near the polar regions, which is where the lightning strikes mainly happen.

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From WASP-76b's iron rain, Titan's methane lakes to Jupiter's lightning storm: Four cases of alien weather
3 years, 10 months ago

From WASP-76b's iron rain, Titan's methane lakes to Jupiter's lightning storm: Four cases of alien weather

Firstpost  

In this search for life, astronomers have found a huge variety of potential worlds out there. Winds on Mars Mars has a completely different weather system to Earth, mainly because of how dry the planet is and how thin the atmosphere is. The recent first powered flight on Mars by the Nasa helicopter Ingenuity was amazing – not only for …

Forty-five known exoplanets possess an Earth-like atmosphere
4 years, 6 months ago

Forty-five known exoplanets possess an Earth-like atmosphere

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have found at least 45 planets orbiting distant stars that possess Earth-like qualities including a similar atmosphere and life sustaining liquid water. Only 17 of the 55 planets in the catalogue met the criteria defined by the Swedish researchers for being 'Earth-like' but the team found another 28 planets on the wider exoplanet list that also met the criteria …

Facts about new planet discovered by scientists where it rains iron
5 years ago

Facts about new planet discovered by scientists where it rains iron

India Today  

An exoplanet, 390 light years away towards the constellation Pisces, has days when its surface temperatures exceed 2,400 degree Celsius, which is sufficiently hot to evaporate metals. With ESPRESSO, astrophysicists have detected the trace of iron vapour just at the division between the daytime and the night time sector of the planet. Facts about the planet where it rains iron …

Scientists discover planet where it rains iron
5 years ago

Scientists discover planet where it rains iron

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One side of the planet, it is permanently day, and the world is hit by temperatures of …

Iron rain could be falling on this hot exoplanet
5 years ago

Iron rain could be falling on this hot exoplanet

CNN  

CNN — The discovery of planets outside of our solar system, called exoplanets, has revealed strange worlds never imagined in our corner of the universe. “One could say that this planet gets rainy in the evening, except it rains iron,” said David Ehrenreich, study author and professor at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. “It is raining iron on the …

Weather patterns on alien world beyond our solar system seen for first time
9 years, 4 months ago

Weather patterns on alien world beyond our solar system seen for first time

Daily Mail  

They believe the distant world may host huge hurricanes like on Jupiter It makes even the most powerful storms on Earth look puny. The light coming from a distant planet called PSO J318.5-22, which is floating by itself around 75 light years from Earth, has been shown to vary every couple of hours, suggesting clouds may be passing across its …

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