Webb Sees Jupiter-Size Exoplanet Being Roasted by Its Star

Jun 22, 2026 - 09:00
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Webb Sees Jupiter-Size Exoplanet Being Roasted by Its Star
An artist’s impression of the hot-Jupiter exoplanet HD 80606b. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Joseph Olmsted, STScI.

HD 80606b has one of the most extreme orbits of any known exoplanet and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope just caught it getting flash-fried as it whipped past its star.

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