An artist's conception shows a gas-giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star, creating searingly hot conditions on the planet's surface. New research suggests that for three such planets lying from 50-150 light-years from Earth, strong winds thousands of miles per hour mix the atmosphere so that the temperature is relatively uniform.
An artist’s conception shows a gas-giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star, creating searingly hot conditions on the planet’s surface. New research suggests that for three such planets lying from 50-150 light-years from Earth, strong winds thousands of miles per hour mix the atmosphere so that the temperature is relatively uniform from the permanently light side to the permanently dark side.Image credit: NASA