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NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers Exoplanet's Extreme Conditions
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed HD 80606 b, an exoplanet with a highly elliptical orbit. Researchers are studying the extreme conditions on this gas giant as it approaches its star.
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One well-done gas giant, coming right up! That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b, an exoplanet four times the mass of Jupiter with an extremely elliptical orbit that sweeps close by its Sun-like star. The research team is presentin
2026-06-16 21:15 UTC