The James Webb Space Telescope has identified thick water-ice clouds in the atmosphere of Epsilon Indi Ab, a giant exoplanet among the closest accessible for direct study. The discovery reveals gaps in existing atmospheric models for gas giants and advances understanding of planetary formation and composition.
Space Daily · Sunday, 5 July 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence for thick water-ice clouds high in the atmosphere of Epsilon Indi Ab, one of the closest Jupiter-like worlds we can study directly. The result did not overturn every model of giant-planet atmospheres. What it …
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