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Ancient Brown Dwarf Reveals Cloud Chemistry Secrets


A recent discovery solves a decades old mystery about the chemistry of Jupiter and Saturn's atmosphere. Using powerful telescopes, a team of researchers detected a molecule in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf offering new ideas into how clouds form on gas giant planets.

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