Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted September 2 Subscriber Share Posted September 2 Quote JWST spots new rogue worlds The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted 6 new “rogue worlds” in a young star-forming nebula about 1,000 light-years away. Rogue worlds are objects with planet-like masses that traverse space alone, untethered to a star. The lightest and most intriguing of these 6 new worlds is surrounded by a disc of space dust the researchers say may be able to form its own planets. “This might be a nursery of a miniature planetary system, on a scale much smaller than our solar system,” says Dr Aleks Scholz, an astrophysicist at the University of St Andrews, UK, and co-author of the new paper published today in The Astronomical Journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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