Astronomers shocked by how these giant exoplanets formed

Astronomers shocked by how these giant exoplanets formed JWST just found evidence that some “super-Jupiters” may have formed like planets, not failed stars. - Date: - February 11, 2026 - Source: - University of California - San Diego - Summary: - A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they formed like Jupiter, by slowly building solid cores. That’s...