James Webb Space Telescope Makes Rogue Planet Discovery That’s Reshaping Our Understanding of Planet Formation
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Image caption: Mosaic of images from the NASA / ESA / CSA James Webb Space Telescope featuring the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. Image credit: ESA / Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana. Article by Ryan Whalen. The Debrief – August 28, 2024. Paper: The JWST/NIRISS Deep Spectroscopic Survey for Young Brown Dwarfs and Free-Floating Planets.
Recent images from the Webb Telescope have unveiled six rogue planet discoveries, sparking significant questions among astronomers about the processes of star and planet formation. These objects, described as “rogue” because they are not connected to any star system, are free from the gravitational pull of a star. […]
