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James Webb Space Telescope Has Spotted Something “Abnormal, Chaotic, and Strange” 60 Light-Years from Earth

Astronomers have observed a planetary system 60 light-years from Earth that has been characterized as “abnormal, chaotic, and strange” with the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST’s sensitive Near-Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, imaged one of two planets known to encircle the star 14 Herculis, which is located in a distant part of the Milky Way Galaxy. One of the most frigid ever observed, the newly spotted exoplanet stands out among the thousands currently known to astronomers, most of which are extremely hot by comparison. Dubbed 14 Herculis c, the frozen world is estimated to be close to 7 times the weight

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