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This weird exoplanet system is unlike anything seen before

It is Thursday, Space Fans, and while that means the week's nearly over, it also means it's time for a new edition of what's up in space and we've got an ace discovery for you to start with today. Scientists using data from NASA's TESS spacecraft and an Antarctic telescope have found a truly strange system of exoplanets. Here's why it's unlike anything we've ever seen.

And that's not all, of course. We've got a NASA budget update from Jared Isaacman, a new look on the search for E.T., and a 'breathtaking' find from the James Webb Space Telescope. See it all below. But first ...

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