Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that one of the closest "hot Jupiter" planets to Earth stinks of rotten eggs. The planet is already notorious for its deadly rains of glass, extreme temperatures and 5,000 mph (8,046 km/h) sideways winds, but this discovery makes it an even less friendly world.
The JWST's conclusion comes after it discovered hydrogen sulfide, a molecule that gives off the odor of rotten eggs, in the exoplanet's atmosphere.
This could give scientists insight into how the atmospheres of large gas planets are affected by the presence of sulfur, an element considered ...
