giant planets

A failed star and an ammonia trail could reveal how some giant exoplanets form

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Astronomers now have a way to figure out how gas-giant planets form, thanks to a discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called ‘JuMBOs’ went rogue

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Dr. Sarah Adams

At the end of 2023, astronomers made a startling discovery in the Orion Nebula. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the ...

James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Astronomers are hunting for planets in the process of forming around infant stars using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The powerful ...