SIMP 0136: Rogue Planet or Failed Star
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Rogue exoplanet or failed star? James Webb Space Telescope looks into a new cosmic case
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body that could be a rogue planet or a "failed star" SIMP 0136 drifts through the universe around 20 light-years from Earth without a stellar anchor.
The cosmic orphan has a mass that's around 13 times the mass of Jupiter , but it is around the same size as the solar system gas giant.
A day on the rogue world lasts just around 2.4 Earth hours .
The JWST saw light curves from SIMP 0136 that can't be explained by clouds or its temperature.
These could be influenced by the carbon chemistry of the planet's atmosphere.
Alternatively, hot gas could be the result of hot gas traveling upwards through the atmosphere.
The team's research was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on March 3 .
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