‘Super-Jupiter’ exoplanet outside solar system observed in WORLD FIRST

The team’s measurements were able to reveal the composition of HR8799e’s atmosphere — some of which surprised scientists.

Sylvestre Lacour, from the Paris Observatory in France and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, said: “Our observations suggest a ball of gas illuminated from the interior, with rays of warm light swirling through stormy patches of dark clouds.

“Convection moves around the clouds of silicate and iron particles, which disaggregate and rain down into the interior.

“This paints a picture of a dynamic atmosphere of a giant exoplanet at birth, undergoing complex physical and chemical processes.

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