Salty Clouds Found on the Pink Planet 57 Light-Years Away

JWST detected salty clouds on GJ 504b, the magenta 'Pink Planet' 57 light-years from Earth

It's the first object where salt clouds are essential to explain its light signature

The clouds are likely chloride or sulfide salts — a missing middle between water and rock clouds

At roughly 25 Jupiter masses, GJ 504b blurs the line between giant planet and brown dwarf

Webb also picked up water vapour, methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia in its skies

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