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A potato in space? In unique discovery, oblong-shaped planet found

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A potato in space? In unique discovery, oblong-shaped planet found

Anything is possible. Well, really, because it’s hard to imagine a planet like a potato. But astronomers at the European Space Agency have actually found one.

These experts discovered a rectangular planet called WASP-103b.

It appears to be the first planet to “morph into a more rugby shape than a sphere,” ESA said on Tuesday.

This unique planet is in the constellation Hercules.

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According to the researchers, the planet’s strong tidal forces are caused by the proximity of the host star, which appears to have bent it out of its traditional spherical shape.

Although it was first discovered in 2014, recent observations by ESA’s Cheops telescope mission confirmed its squashed shape.

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

Certain images or videos frequently resurface on the Internet, leaving people speechless. When those clips or pictures are shared again on one social media platform or another, they create a buzz. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) created and posted this image of a map of Jupiter online a few years ago. After being shared on Twitter, the image drew a lot of attention this time. And, as usual, the image made people think of dosa, a popular South Indian dish.

The image was shared by the Twitter account Latest in Space. “From the very bottom of Jupiter, I’m looking up. While tweeting the image, they wrote, “Seen by NASA Cassini.” The images from the Cassini spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera were used to create this out-of-this-world image, which is part of a coloured map series produced by the space agency.

The article was published a few days ago. The tweet has received nearly 20,000 likes since it was shared, and the number is growing. The tweet has been retweeted more than 2,000 times. Take a look at some of the comments to see how the image of Jupiter looks like dosa.

A Twitter user commented, “Looks like a designer dosa.” “When I rush to pick up a call, this is what happens to my dosa on the dosa pan,” one joked. “This is how my mother makes Dosa,” a third said. “Jupiter in the making,” wrote a fourth, along with a photo of someone preparing – you guessed it – dosa.

 

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