The giant gas exoplanet WASP-127b has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour, or nearly 30 times the speed of sound on Earth.

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2464958-an-alien-planet-has-winds-that-blow-at-33000-kilometres-per-hour/

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    1. I have a PhD in astronomy in exoplanets, and I need to clarify something.

      That’s fast.

    2. Is this more an interest due to finding extremes?

      Nothing meaningful can survive on this planet

      The winds around Quasars can reach millions of MPH, so yeah….