Discovery from James Webb Telescope: 42 Pairs of Planet-like Objects Found in Orion Nebula
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made an exciting new discovery, revealing the presence of 42 pairs of planet-like objects within the Orion Nebula. The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared images of these findings on its website.
In a joint effort between ESA and the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), it was observed that the planet-like objects discovered by JWST were drifting freely through space, independent of any star system.
These 42 planet-like pairs, given the name "Jupiter Mass Binary Objects (JuMBO)," vary in mass from 13 Jupiter masses to 0.7 Jupiter masses, with only 40% of the pairs having similar masses.
The discovery of JuMBOs in space in pairs was unexpected, challenging existing theories about stars and planets. Experts speculate that these objects may have formed in regions of the nebula with matter density too low for a star to develop.
Another hypothesis is that JuMBOs were originally formed around stars but were subsequently ejected into interstellar space for various reasons.
The mystery remains as to how these pairs of objects, propelled into space simultaneously, manage to stay together.
This research has been published in the "aeXiv" archive.
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