Wild supersonic winds whip around this extreme exoplanet
Planets outside our solar system can be wild, weird places. Astronomers have discovered exoplanets shaped like a rugby ball, or where it rains gems, or which have one hemisphere covered in lava. And ...
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Extreme supersonic winds measured on planet outside our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever ...
First-Ever Documented Supersonic Winds Are Ripping Through This Exoplanet
Astronomers discovered the exoplanet in 2016, a gas giant that’s slightly larger than Jupiter with a fraction of its mass, ...
Astronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet
In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...
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An alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour
Observations of WASP-127b, a giant gas exoplanet more than 500 light years from Earth, suggest it has phenomenally high wind ...
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Fifty Years Later, the SR-71 Blackbird Is Still the Fastest Plane Ever Built
The SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.2 (around 2,100 miles per hour)—lightyears faster than anything the Soviet Union could throw at ...
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How the French built the fastest plane in the world... Nord Griffon 1500
In the heat of the Cold War, France stunned the world with the Nord Griffon 1500, a supersonic interceptor capable of ...
How climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex
These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary ...