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JAKARTA – A massive dust or sand storm is raging in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a super Jupiter exoplanet located 40 light years from Earth. Even so, the impact of the dust storm is not yet known.

As reported by Live Science, observations of the dust storm were made with the James Webb Space Telescope.

“A space sandstorm raged on a planet orbiting two stars. This sandstorm was seen in a gaseous world up to 20 times the size of Jupiter,” wrote the page, quoted by SINDOnews, Monday (27/3/2023).

Scientists also observed not only sandy clouds, but also water, methane and carbon dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere. These observations were first published, on March 22, in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

“The super-Jupiter planet, which means a gas giant larger than Jupiter, is known as VHS 1256 b and orbits its two stars so far away that it takes 10,000 years for one orbit,” the page added.

Meanwhile, Brittany Miles, an astrophysicist from The University of Arizona said VHS 1256 b is about four times farther from its star than Pluto’s distance from the sun.

According to the researchers, dust storms will not last forever. VHS 1256 b is a relatively young planet, only 150 million years old, which means it will change as it ages.

“Because it is so far from its host star, VHS 1256 will cool, and its turbulent atmosphere will probably dissipate,” he concluded.

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