Extreme supersonic winds raging on WASP-127b | ESO News
Astronomers have measured supersonic jet winds on WASP-127b, a giant gas planet located about 520 light-years from Earth. It is the fastest jetstream of its kind ever measured in the Universe, with speeds up to 9 km per second. The team mapped the weather of WASP-127b using the CRIRES+ instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT).
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Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.
Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Alejandro Izquierdo Lopez , Hanna Huysegoms.
Music: Stellardrone – Cosmic Sunrise.
Footage and photos: ESO / Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Cristoph Malin (christophmalin.com), Babak Tafreshi (twanight.org).
Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova.
About the Video
| Id: | eso2502a |
| Release date: | 21 January 2025, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2502 |
| Duration: | 01 m 27 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | WASP-127b |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
