Post #2325109
2023-10-02 20:09 UTC
Wow!
James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion
Jupiter-sized "planets" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
What's intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them.
The telescope observed about 40 pairs in a fabulously detailed new survey of the famous Orion Nebula.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66974738
#Astronomy
Replies (3)
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@simon_lucy@mastodon.social 2023-10-02 20:33
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social One will be the Planet He flying on spindizzies.
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@jromowbs73@mastodon.social 2023-10-02 22:59
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social FOR FREE: A couple of Gas Giants/ “planets”. Not currently attached to any Star. Available for free, but you will have to come pick it up. You may need something bigger than a trailer. Thanks and hope to here from you soon
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@Oldfartrant@mstdn.ca 2023-10-03 17:36
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social Charming story of planetary outcasts finding true love and forming interstellar community. Hallmark Science Channel