James Webb uncovers exotic salt clouds on a mysterious pink world

James Webb uncovers exotic salt clouds on a mysterious pink world. Astronomers have finally cracked the mystery of the famous “Pink Planet,” a strange world 57 light-years away that has puzzled scientists for more than a decade.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers discovered that its atmosphere contains water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and something never directly confirmed before in such an object: salty clouds.