The atmosphere of Tylos is divided into three layers, with iron winds at the bottom, followed by a very fast jet stream of sodium, and finally an upper layer of hydrogen winds. This kind of ...

First, as I mentioned, is the troposphere. This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, where all weather occurs. It begins at the ground, and extends upward to about 6.2 miles above earth’s surface.

Tylos (or WASP-121b) is a gaseous, giant exoplanet located some 900 light-years away. Astronomers were able to differentiate three different layers in its atmosphere, where winds carry elements ...

An artist’s impression of the three different layers of the atmosphere on WASP-121b, according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit: ESO Until now, researchers have been able to ...

Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake on a ferociously ...

The three layers of the atmosphere of the gas giant Tylos. ESO/M. Kornmesser. The atmosphere of a distant world has been mapped in detail for the first time, revealing a strange, ...

“The VLT enabled us to probe three different layers of the exoplanet’s atmosphere in one fell swoop,” said Leonardo A. dos Santos, an assistant astronomer at the Space Telescope Science ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere.