Extreme 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet stinks like rotten eggs and has raging glass storms

A firey orange sphere to the left of a partly shadowed blue and white sphere against a very dark background.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that one of the closest "hot Jupiter" planets to Earth stinks like rotten eggs. The planet is already infamous for its deadly rains of glass, extreme temperatures, and 5,000 mph (8,046 kph) winds that blow sideways, but this discovery makes this world seem even less friendly.

The eggy JWST conclusion results from the discovery of hydrogen sulfide, a molecule that gives off the stench of rotten eggs, in the atmosphere of this extrasolar planet or "exoplanet."