VLT detects first superstorm on exoplanet
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
'HD209458b is definitely not a place for the faint-hearted. By studying the poisonous carbon monoxide gas with great accuracy we found evidence for a super wind, blowing at a speed of 5000 to 10 000 km per hour,' says Ignas Snellen, who led the team of astronomers...