News Summary

• Astronomers have been able to detect this weather pattern on the planet WASP-94 A b just by studying the light of its star coming from 210 parsecs (690 light years) away.
• The results show how tracking different phases of a planet’s rotation can can improve researchers' understanding of planetary atmospheres.
• Researchers can usually detect the presence of an extrasolar planet only indirectly — for instance, when the planet passes in front of itsstar, as viewed from Earth.