NASA astronomers have directly observed silicate clouds in the atmosphere of an exoplanet known as YSES-1 c for the first time. The data were collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, which also revealed the presence of silicates originating from the circumplanetary disk orbiting a second planet in the same system, YSES-1 b. The results, published this Tuesday in the journal Nature, represent a significant advance in the direct observation of the composition of the atmosphere of exoplanets, as well as the processes that take place in them.

Lovers of the saga of Star Wars They should recall the magnificent sunsets seen from Tatooine, the home planet of protagonist Luke Skywalker, with two stars setting on the horizon. A similar scene can be seen from the planet that astronomers at the University of Birmingham have detected orbiting, for the first time, a binary system of two brown dwarf stars. However, the most remarkable aspect is that the planet's orbit follows a polar trajectory with a 90-degree inclination with respect to the plane in which the stars orbit.