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Detailed explanation-1: -Astronomers have found an exoplanet so rare that they have deemed it “The Forbidden Planet,” according to a new study. Technically known as NGTS-4b, the planet is three times the size of Earth and 20% smaller than Neptune. It’s also hotter than Mercury with a temperature of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit.

Detailed explanation-2: -23-24, 1846, astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle used the Fraunhofer telescope at the Berlin Observatory and made the first observations of the new planet, only 1 degree from its calculated position.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet’s rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new light.

Detailed explanation-4: -Neptune was the first planet to be discovered by using mathematics. After the discovery of Uranus in 1781, astronomers noticed that the planet was being pulled slightly out of its normal orbit.

Detailed explanation-5: -In fact, because these planets had been known to people for millennia, Uranus was arguably the first planet in recorded history to have been ‘discovered’ at all.