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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Anna Katrina Sevilla

NASA Webb Uncovers a Distorted Exoplanet Whose Atmosphere Breaks Planetary Rules

Researchers have recently spotted a lemon-shaped exoplanet with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Researchers have recently spotted a lemon-shaped exoplanet with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST.)

The bizarre discovery reported the object as having 'the mass of the sun, but the size of a city', according to Michael Zhang of The University of Chicago. The report further states that PSR J2322-2650b atmospheric spectrum consists mainly of carbon compounds C2 and C3.

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