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JWST pins down the origins of a planetary odd couple

  • May 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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JWST pins down the origins of a planetary odd couple
Across the Milky Way galaxy, a planetary odd couple is circling a star some 190 light years from Earth. A normally "lonely" hot Jupiter is sharing space with a mini-Neptune, in a rare and unlikely pairing that's had astronomers puzzled since the system's discovery in 2020.

Originally published at Phys.org

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