Dec 21, 2025
Beyond the Sphere: NASA’s James Webb Telescope Discovers a Bizarre ‘Lemon-Shaped’ Planet
The universe has a way of defying our expectations. While we are used to thinking of planets as near-perfect spheres—much like our own Earth or the marbles we played with as children—space continues to reveal objects that challenge the very laws of celestial geometry.
In a groundbreaking discovery that has sent ripples through the astronomical community, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has identified an exoplanet so physically distorted that it resembles a lemon more than a ball. Located over 2,000 light-years away, the planet, officially designated as PSR J2322-2650b, is being hailed as the "most stretched" planet ever observed.