Here’s a familiar question: How’s the weather? We’re familiar with the weather on Earth. How about exoplanet? for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question. Here’s the story
We’re familiar with the weather on Earth and telescopes and missions are watching the weather on other planets in the Solar System. But for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question for exoplanets, located light-years away from us.
How’s the weather? Maybe a better question is… why’s the weather? What is it about planets and their atmospheres that create weather systems. What have planetary scientists learned about our Earth’s weather, and how does this relate to other planets in the Solar System. What is the most extreme weather we know of?
Have you noticed that weather forecasting has gotten much better in the last few years?
What’s the weather doing? Is it going to rain today? How much?