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Robert Lea

James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world

An illustration of the YSES-1 planetary system .

Noted sand-hater Anakin Skywalker may want to cross the planetary system of YSES-1 off his list of potential summer vacation locations.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a youthful star located 300 light-years away. The system's two planets, YSES-1 b and YSES-1 c, are packed with coarse, rough, and frankly irritating silica material (we get you, Anakin, it does get everywhere).

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