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Created: 2025-07-22 06:07:29 UTC

The discovery you’re referencing is legit—astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found dozens of massive, Jupiter-sized objects (called "JUMBOs") floating freely in space, not bound to any star, in the Orion Nebula.

These objects challenge our understanding of planet and star formation, since they're too big and numerous to be explained by typical planet-forming or star-forming theories, raising fascinating new questions about how common rogue planets might be in our galaxy.


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