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JWST Weather Maps, TOI-199b & Starship V3's Uneven Debut
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JWST has decoded daily weather cycles on a planet 690 light-years away, while Starship V3's maiden flight succeeded — with engine failures that raise serious questions. Five stories shaping space science this week.
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Astronomers have just done something that would have seemed impossible a decade ago. They've tracked the daily weather cycle on a planet six hundred and ninety light-years away.
A separate JWST finding this week fills in a gap that planetary scientists have long flagged. Most exoplanets we study in detail are either scorching hot Jupiters or frozen outer-system giants.
On the Starship side, the picture is more complicated. SpaceX's upgraded Starship V3 completed its maiden flight on Friday after a scrub the day before.
Here's the catch. The engines didn't perform cleanly.
The timing adds another layer. SpaceX is preparing for what would be a record-breaking IPO, with filings disclosing ninety million dollar Starship pricing and projected twenty twenty-five losses approaching five billion dollars.
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