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🕵️‍♂️ Science Mystery: This Planet Shouldn’t Exist—But JWST Just Revealed Its Bizarre Secrets!

🕵️‍♂️ Science Mystery: The Planet That Traveled Too Far—and Got Too Hot!Clues from Methane, Rock Vapors, and a Wild Windy Side

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered strange secrets about WASP-121b—an ultra-hot exoplanet that formed far from its star but now orbits dangerously close. With surprising chemicals like methane and silicon monoxide in its atmosphere, this planet's wild past is helping scientists rewrite what we know about how planets form and move through space!