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An enormous world orbiting a sun-like star just 57 light-years away in space may have a pink hue and a sky filled with clouds of salt. Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study a ...

Astronomers have finally cracked the mystery of the famous “Pink Planet,” a strange world 57 light-years away that has ...

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