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1. A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope — and it has a super orbit. The planet is roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with six times the mass. Its atmosphere is also rich in hydrogen like Jupiter's. One big difference: It takes this planet more than a century, possibly as long as 250 years, to go around its star. It's 15 times the distance from its star than Earth is to the sun.If you lived on this super Jupiter, you would likely experience only one season for your entire life due to the planet's extremely long orbital period. If Earth was similar, what season would you want to live in for your life?

2. The first planets outside our solar system — dubbed exoplanets — were confirmed in the early 1990s. NASA's tally now stands at 5,690 as of mid-July. Telescopes in space and also on the ground are on the hunt for even more, especially planets that might be similar to Earth. Have you ever used a telescope?