Detecting 'Morning' and 'Evening' on an Exoplanet - James Webb Space Telescope Findings

Discover how researchers detected distinct 'morning' and 'evening' sides on an exoplanet in this 13-minute video from Imperial College London. Learn about the groundbreaking analysis of atmospheric conditions on a distant planet using the James Webb Space Telescope. Explore how this study, published in Nature and led by the Space Telescope Science Institute with contributions from Imperial College London, reveals a cloudier morning side compared to the evening side. Gain insights into the advancement of exoplanet research and how this discovery challenges previous assumptions about uniform planetary atmospheres outside our Solar System.

Imperial researcher explains how his team detected ‘morning’ and ‘evening’ detected on an exoplanet