Webb Telescope Reveals Lemon-Shaped Exoplanet with Diamond-Rich Atmosphere

Webb Telescope Reveals Lemon-Shaped Exoplanet with Diamond-Rich Atmosphere

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled unprecedented details of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b, revealing a Jupiter-mass world with a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere, soot clouds, and a possible diamond core. Orbiting a rapidly spinning neutron star, its extreme gravity distorts it into a lemon shape, challenging current planetary formation theories.

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