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One Face Burned at 1,000 Degrees, the Other in Eternal Darkness: the James Webb Just Read the Surface of This Planet at 50 Light-Years

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At 50 light-years from Earth, a rocky planet slightly larger than ours revolves around its star in just 11 hours, with one face perpetually burned at 1,000 degrees and the other plunged into eternal darkness. The James Webb telescope just read the light-print — and what is [...]
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At 50 light-years from Earth, a rocky planet slightly larger than ours revolves around its star in just 11 hours, with one face perpetually burned at 1,000 degrees and the other plunged into eternal darkness. The James Webb telescope just read the light-print — and what is [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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