<ul><li>Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have generated the first-ever weather report of a rogue exoplanet-like object.</li><li>The object called SIMP 0136+0933, located in the Carina Nebula, has been directly photographed and has an unusually variable atmosphere.</li><li>JWST observations revealed patches of clouds and carbon chemicals in the object's layered atmosphere, as well as the presence of high-altitude auroras.</li><li>Further study is needed to understand the long-term behavior of SIMP 0136+0933's atmosphere.</li></ul>

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

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