{
  "id": 10689665,
  "title": "Weather on exoplanets: Decoding the atmosphere of SIMP 0136",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/weather-on-exoplanets-decoding-the-atmosphere-of-simp-0136",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T12:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EarthSky",
    "slug": "earthsky",
    "url": "https://earthsky.org/space/weather-on-exoplanets-simp0136-webb-space-telescope/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new method to examine weather patterns on distant exoplanets. They focused on a planetary-mass object known as SIMP 0136 as their initial target to test this approach. The weather on SIMP 0136 is primarily influenced by variations in temperature and the vertical cloud structure. Utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the researchers found that the weather patterns on SIMP 0136 exhibit a high degree of organization and coherence, despite the object's immense distance of 20 light-years away in the constellation Pisces.",
  "summary": "Researchers in Ireland have found a new way to decode the weather on exoplanets. They started with the planetary-mass object SIMP 0136. The post Weather on exoplanets: Decoding the atmosphere of SIMP 0136 first appeared on EarthSky .",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}