NASA’s James Webb Telescope Reveals a Giant Alien Planet That’s Not Quite Round

Weather maps of distant planets are a step closer after the James Webb Space Telescope distinguished hotter and cooler regions around the giant exoplanet WASP-17b. One side of WASP-17b’s atmosphere extends farther into space than the other, giving this intensely hot giant planet an uneven outline. Astronomers have now mapped that distortion with the James [...]