NASA's Webb Telescope Discovers Unusual Lemon-Shaped Exoplanet
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Astronomers using NASA's Webb telescope discovered a lemon-shaped exoplanet, PSR J2322-2650b, orbiting a pulsar in a black widow system. Its unusual oblong shape and helium-carbon atmosphere challenge current understanding of planet formation, leaving the origin of this mysterious world an open question.
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