"James Webb Telescope Captures Physics-Breaking Objects in Orion Nebula"

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered pairs of physics-breaking rogue objects, known as JuMBOs, freely drifting through the Orion Nebula. These Jupiter-mass binary objects exist in 42 pairs, orbiting each other at distances up to 390 times that between Earth and the sun. Scientists are puzzled by their existence, as they are too small to be stars and unlikely to be rogue planets. The researchers suggest a new formation mechanism may be responsible for their creation. The objects are gas giants with temperatures around 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit and primarily consist of carbon monoxide, methane, and steam. The discovery raises questions about how these pairs formed and survived being ejected from their solar systems.
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