Here on Earth, the fastest puff of wind on record was a blustery 407 kilometers (253 miles) per hour, measured on Australia's Barrow Island in 1996. Neptune has the highest wind speeds in our Solar System, but even its 1,770 kilometer-per-hour high-altitude currents feel more like a mild breeze by comparison.

Astronomers have uncovered one of the most extraordinary atmospheric phenomena ever observed on an exoplanet. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, researchers have measured supersonic winds racing around the equator of the distant gas giant WASP-127b.

Scientists found winds on WASP-127b moving at 33,000 km/h. These are the fastest jetstream winds ever recorded on any planet