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solo@slrpnk.net to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 3 months ago

Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation

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Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation

www.newscientist.com

solo@slrpnk.net to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 3 months ago
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A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed

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  • SurfinBird@lemmy.ca
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    The author goes on to editorialize that the space lemon may be evil.

    • solo@slrpnk.netOP
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      Personnaly, I found it very funny to read this specific sentence. Thank you for reminding it to me!

      like a sort of evil lemon

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    https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-observes-exoplanet-whose-composition-defies-explanation/

    This gives a bit more detail. Unfortunately it misses the evil lemon, which is what it should actually be called.

    This is the kind of stuff we could only dream about ~20 years ago when I did astrophysics on hand only discovered ~30 exoplanets if I remember. I think the number is around 6000 now

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    Let’s throw it a lemon party!

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