James Webb Space Telescope

[Kyng]

Indeed: that's a beautiful image, worthy of the telescope's first anniversary!

Let's hope it's the first of many - and there's still plenty more to come .

[Pyrite]

James Webb has now detected planet-like objects near Orion which do not seem to be tied to any specific stars. What's more, they come in binary pairs. These objects, named Jupiter Mass Binary Objects (JuMBOs), have a completely unknown origin as of yet. It will be interesting to see what the theoreticians come up with to explain them!

[Emerald]

Fabulous images and so interesting to see them. Thank you Kyng

[Kyng]

James Webb has now detected planet-like objects near Orion which do not seem to be tied to any specific stars. What's more, they come in binary pairs. These objects, named Jupiter Mass Binary Objects (JuMBOs), have a completely unknown origin as of yet. It will be interesting to see what the theoreticians come up with to explain them!

I love these acronyms that scientists like to come up with... I know they do it quite a lot, but it as well as being amusing, they're also easier to communicate to the public than a meaningless-sounding name like "MBVL-4" .

But, yes - this is curious. Perhaps they're rogue planets that were once part of a star system - although then, it'd be rather odd to have so many binary pairs in one place. Or maybe they're failed stars that just never got going?

[Pyrite]

Oh, it's basically an unwritten rule nowadays that everything in science has to have a vaguely amusing acronym.  

As you say, it helps the object, technique or machine be more memorable to the public.

[Kyng]

And now, it's detected a 'kilonova' explosion - resulting from the collision of two neutron stars:

https://www.astronomy.com/science/jwst-c...ur-galaxy/

Apparently, this led to the creation of certain rare elements (such as tellurium) - shedding some light on how those metals are formed!

[ZandraJoi]

And now, it's detected a 'kilonova' explosion - resulting from the collision of two neutron stars:

https://www.astronomy.com/science/jwst-c...ur-galaxy/

Apparently, this led to the creation of certain rare elements (such as tellurium) - shedding some light on how those metals are formed!

I have never heard of tellurium. But I'm also not up on my elements, especially rare ones.