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The origin of JuMBOs, these double planets wandering among the stars 🪐
Pairs of planetary-mass objects, floating freely in space, intrigue scientists with their nature and origin. With masses ...
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These mysterious objects born in violent clashes between young star systems aren't stars or planets
Mysterious planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone could be created when young star systems clash. They aren't ...
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Rare all-planet parade' to dazzle onlookers of the night skies this week
The parade will be visible from anywhere in the world. A general view of the Orion Nebula on Jan. 25 from Sparta, N.C., during the planet parade or planetary alignment when four planets are ...
When Disks Collide: The Violent Birth of Rogue Planets
How do rogue planetary-mass objects, celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size, come into existence? An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University ...
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Image of the inner Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster by James Webb Space Telescope (IMAGE)
This one-million-year-old star-forming region contains thousands of new stars and hundreds of planetary mass objects floating freely in the nebula, not orbiting stars. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
7 beautiful Hubble images of nebulae shared by NASA
This Hubble mosaic is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years away. These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are ...
Webb peers deeper into mysterious Flame Nebula to find 'failed stars'
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years ...
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New James Webb telescope image is a 'quantum leap' for astronomy
Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...