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James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion(www.bbc.com)

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Jupiter-sized “planets” free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world
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This is absolutely nuts. We really need a better name for these than “planets”.

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Gigatoid or Megatoid (like meteroid, asteroid and planetoid) would be easy to understand and cool

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