James Webb telescope spots 'rogue' planet with a cake-like atmosphere barrelling through space without a star

An illustration of a red and orange planet with a Jupiter-like striped texture in outer space.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have generated the first-ever weather report of a rogue exoplanet-like object — and it shows patches of clouds and carbon chemicals, along with high-altitude auroras.

The findings, published March 3 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, also revealed that the celestial object possesses a complex, layered atmosphere.