A year here takes 10,000 years. The Webb telescope found an unusual planet near Earth.

During regular space exploration, the Webb Space Telescope was able to detect a new exoplanet, where the day lasts 22 Earth hours and the year is 10,000 Earth years. Gizmodo writes that one of the features of the planet is the presence of “sandy” clouds in its atmosphere, that is, clouds made up of silicates.

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The Webb Space Telescope has found a new exoplanet named VHS 1256b. It orbits two stars that are close to each other, 40 light-years from Earth, which is considered very close by cosmic standards.

With the help of the NIRSpec and MIRI instruments located at the space observatory, the scientists were able to conduct a comprehensive study of the new planet. It turned out that there are dense clouds of silicates in the upper layers of its atmosphere. In the lower layers, the structure of the clouds changes and becomes more dense. Scientists say these clouds have a very high temperature and are constantly moving, making this planet the world with the most variable atmosphere known to date.

Astronomers have discovered that a day on exoplanet VHS 1256b lasts 22 Earth hours, but is also very far from its two natural stars. According to scientists, the planet is about 4 times farther from the Sun than Pluto (17 years ago this earth was considered the most distant planet in the solar system, but in 2006 it became a dwarf planet). Meanwhile, Focus He had already written about a new discovery scientists made while studying Pluto.

Given such a great distance from its stars on planet VHS 1256b, the year would last about 10,000 Earth years. Scientists have also managed to find that the exoplanet has signs of the presence of water, methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. But how these compounds appear on the planet and where they are more concentrated – in the atmosphere or in the depths – is not yet known.

A study of the planet VHS 1256b showed that it is a very young world, 150 million years old, while our Earth is already 4.5 billion years old. Scientists believe that over time, the planet will begin to cool and the thick cloud cover will dissipate. Further observations of this planet will help to learn even more about this strange world.

In addition to studying the ancient universe and very distant galaxies, the Webb Space Telescope also discovers new exoplanets. In this way, astronomers got a lot of important data about new distant and not-so-distant worlds outside the solar system.

Focus Webb has already written that the space telescope has discovered a planet almost the same size as Earth, but here it only lasts 2 days a year. This world is also relatively close – we leave by 41 light years.

Last year, as mentioned earlier FocusDiscovered on one of the exoplanets 700 light-years from Earth, the Webb telescope is the most toxic atmosphere.

As I wrote earlier, in the summer of last year, the space observatory first discovered carbon dioxide in the composition of a distant exoplanet. Focus.

Among the Webb Telescope’s recent observations is an image of a rare star slowly approaching to explode a supernova, as Focus has already written.