- Scientists found a daily cloud cycle on WASP-94A b.
- The planet is a Hot Jupiter gas giant.
- Clouds form every morning on the planet's day side.
- The clouds disappear again by the evening each day.
- The team used a space telescope to watch the transit.
- Clouds look like sand high in the planet's air.
- Morning air flows from the cool night side to day.
- Evenings are clearer and let scientists study the sky.
Difficult words
- scientist — a person who studies nature and starsScientists
- gas giant — a very large planet made mostly of gas
- space telescope — a tool in space that looks at stars
- transit — when a planet passes in front of its star
- cycle — a series of events that repeat in order
- flow — to move in one direction like airflows
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Discussion questions
- Do you like looking at the sky in the morning or evening?
- Have you ever used a telescope?
- Do you prefer clear or cloudy evenings?
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