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A Discovery by the James Webb Telescope Could Clarify the Difference Between a Planet and a Star.

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What is the line that defines what is a planet and what is a star? A new discovery could finally draw a line. Beyond mass, the classification between planets and stars may depend on the formation process, differentiating objects formed in protoplanetary disks from those that originate from stellar collapse. The distinction between stars and planets seems to be well defined by the structure and physics of these objects. The Sun is a sphere of pla…
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What is the line that defines what is a planet and what is a star? A new discovery could finally draw a line. Beyond mass, the classification between planets and stars may depend on the formation process, differentiating objects formed in protoplanetary disks from those that originate from stellar collapse. The distinction between stars and planets seems to be well defined by the structure and physics of these objects. The Sun is a sphere of pla…

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meteored.cl broke the news on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
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