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By: TheJestPress.com
**JWST and ALMA Spot Universe’s Youngest Planetary “Dust Bunny,” Astronomers Brag “We Saw It First”**
Move over, baby pictures of your neighbor’s grandkid—there’s a new child in town, and it’s roughly six quadrillion times cooler. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers (including some sleep-deprived geniuses from the University of Michigan) have detected silicon monoxide condensing around infant star HOPS-315. Translation? Scientists have officially witnessed cosmic dust bunnies forming planets—a process we previously only imagined, like unicorns, chiseled abs on fast-food managers, or punctual cable installers.
“This is the earliest direct evidence of planetesimal formation outside our solar system!” declared Dr. Lila Spectrum, Michigan’s spokesperson and official wrangler of science puns. She proudly presented the data: “Behold, folks—interstellar sand castles forming in real time. And unlike toddlers’ efforts, these ones might grow up to be actual planets, not cereal on the floor.”
Researchers at ALMA described the event as, “Watching the universe sweep up its room.” They quickly followed with, “And frankly, it’s using much better vacuums than any Black Friday bargain.”
Meanwhile, NASA staff celebrated with a cosmic bake sale featuring silicon monoxide cookies (“Flavorless, yet historically significant!”). The international community responded with synchronized raising of eyebrows and one particularly enthusiastic thumbs-up from a Belgian astrophysicist.
When pressed for the next step, Dr. Spectrum said, “We’ll keep staring, of course. We have an insatiable craving for baby photos—even star ones.” As for the search’s true meaning, she offered: “Maybe somewhere out there, aliens are already sharing planetesimal birth announcements: ‘Congratulations! It’s a dusty rock!’”
Humanity, scientists say, should prepare for more discoveries, and possibly a rush on galactic diaper metaphors.
Stay tuned. The universe is messy—and astronomers can’t stop watching.
By: TheJestPress.com
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