The new space observatory sees pairs of Jupiter-sized objects floating free between the stars.

Jupiter-sized “planets” free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

What’s intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them.

The telescope observed about 40 pairs in a fabulously detailed new survey of the famous Orion Nebula.

They’ve been nicknamed Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or “JuMBOs” for short.

  • @Hirom@beehaw.org
    2•1 year ago

    But how do you kick out pairs of these things together? Right now, we don’t have an answer.

    I have an hypothesis: space snooker