JWST Captures Insane Rock Clouds Vaporizing at 1800°F!

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[00:00:00]Imagine a planet where morning fog isn't [music] water, but literal vaporizing rock. The James Webb Space Telescope [music] just found exactly that on a world 700 light-years away. Meet WASP-94ab, an extreme hot Jupiter. On this [music] scorching world, morning skies are packed with thick clouds made of magnesium silicate. Yes, rock-forming minerals. But by sunset, those rock clouds [music] completely vanish as winds sweep into the blazing day side exceeding 1,800° Fahrenheit, the clouds literally vaporize. For 20 years, [music] general cloudiness on exoplanets frustrated astronomers, but by isolating the planet's clear evening edge, JWST finally pierced through the fog. This clear evening view proved the planet has chemistry surprisingly similar to our own Jupiter. What other bizarre weather [music] is Webb hiding?