Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers may have found a new type of object in the Orion Nebula – the nearest large star-forming region to Earth, 1,340 light-years away. Dozens of Jupiter-sized objects have been found floating free through the vast nebula, unattached to any stars. Yet – and here’s the interesting part – they’re orbiting around each other in pairs.

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