Name: A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn’t exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why
Uploaded: 2024-06-07T23:38:46-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: Exoplanet WASP 107b is a gas giant that’s nearly as big as Jupiter, but far less massive. Based on this discrepancy, astronomers didn’t know how a planet like WASP 107b could exist. But now, two independent teams of researchers have harnessed the power of JWST to solve the mystery. Right in our cosmic neighborhood, about […]

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A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn’t exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why

Exoplanet WASP 107b is a gas giant that’s nearly as big as Jupiter, but far less massive. Based on this discrepancy, astronomers didn’t know how a planet like WASP 107b could exist. But now, two independent teams of researchers have harnessed the power of JWST to solve the mystery. Right in our cosmic neighborhood, about […]