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I don't think I've ever understood so few words while reading a paper.

Well, when you put it that way it makes perfect sense.

"I know those words, but not in that order"

Now hold up with the sensationalism. They found an exoplanet with 1.0-1.2 Jupiter masses using microlensing, which is cool. But that‘s all the info they have on the planet. Calling this a near-identical twin of Jupiter is like saying “I weigh 80kg and I found out someone in another part of the world weighs 88kg - that must be my near-identical twin!“

Even some identical twins are more identical than others.
People are incredibly sloppy with language and tend to resist or reject any push towards precision.

While I agree that there's some hyperbole in that title, we probably don't agree as to what qualifies as sensational.

Just wait until you read about "super-Earths" that aren't Earth-like at all.

>"New data shows that TOI-1075 b is one of the most massive super-Earths discovered so far," NASA officials wrote referring to the planet that orbits it's host star so closely that a year lasts 14.5 hours and temperatures reach 1,050C°.

super earth just means rocky

Then they should use "terrestrial". Using "Earth" creates expectations in people's minds that are far beyond anything meant by "super-Earth" and leads to broad misunderstanding of the science. Look no further than the word "theory" for how damaging this can be.

I don't have in a say in it, unfortunately

4.4 au from its sun, about a 13 year orbit, it's 17000 light years away, and it doesn't quite transit the star as seen from Earth.

My name is Retipuj and I am evil.

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Microlensing? Can they see the planet?