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NASA telescopes discover brown dwarf protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula | Penn State University
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ESA - Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail
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| | The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations show a part of the iconic nebula in a whole new light, capturing its complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution.
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James Webb Space Telescope - NASA Science
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| | [AI summary] The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in December 2021, is a powerful observatory studying the universe's history, from the Big Bang to solar system evolution, with recent discoveries including stellar jets, cosmic objects, and exoplanet observations.
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James Webb telescope spies a 'farting' dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system | Live Science
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| | New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into space.
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NASA's Webb telescope identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf | Penn State University
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| Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified the new record-holder for the smallest object that forms like a star: a tiny free-floating brown dwarf. Penn State researchers led the discovery.