"Astronomers Capture Jupiter's Younger Sibling in Groundbreaking Discovery"

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Source: Interesting Engineering
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Astronomers have directly observed a low-mass exoplanet using the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, determining its mass and finding that its orbit is similar to Jupiter's. This discovery adds to the growing list of directly observed exoplanets and presents a new efficient method for finding exoplanets.

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