Every day we get a reminder how strange and surprising the universe is.
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Every day we get a reminder how strange and surprising the universe is.
Today: WASP-107b, a planet that's the size of Jupiter but less than half as dense as a wine cork. And it's inexplicably lopsided, with one side 150 degrees hotter and cloudier than the other.
https://astrobiology.com/2024/06/evidence-for-morning-to-evening-limb-asymmetry-on-the-cool-low-density-exoplanet-wasp-107b.html #space #science #astronomy #NASA
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@coreyspowell So it's a condensing gas giant and the spin axis is pointing straight at the star. There had to be one somewhere.
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