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A half-lit gas giant against black space: cream and tan bands, a broad bright white zone across the middle and a brown hook of cloud curling into it, the night side fading to black on the left.

Gas giants13 min read27 Sep 2026

The colours of the giants

In 2000, three astrophysicists predicted how giant planets should look at five temperatures, from cream-banded Jupiters to worlds wrapped in cloud made of rock. A quarter of a century on, telescopes have tested the ladder rung by rung. Pax Abyssi draws its own giants from the same physics, by stirring their clouds with wind.