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James Webb Space Telescope captures a star and planet in its orbit

Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer at a weird kind of planet that’s the most common in the galaxy — and what they found was a surprise.

NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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