All articles tagged with #black widow system
Scientists have discovered a bizarre, lemon-shaped exoplanet called PSR J2322-2650b orbiting a pulsar, with a mysterious carbon-rich atmosphere that may produce diamonds, challenging current understanding of such systems. Additionally, breakthroughs include the creation of the shortest X-ray pulses, fossilized bee nests inside mammal bones, and evidence that swearing can improve physical performance.
Astronomers using NASA's Webb telescope discovered a lemon-shaped exoplanet, PSR J2322-2650b, orbiting a pulsar in a black widow system. Its unusual oblong shape and helium-carbon atmosphere challenge current understanding of planet formation, leaving the origin of this mysterious world an open question.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed a unique exoplanet, PSR J2322-2650b, with an exotic helium-and-carbon-dominated atmosphere that challenges current understanding of planet formation, featuring unusual molecular carbon and a shape distorted by gravitational forces from its pulsar host.