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ESA - Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail
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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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Deployment Timeline Adjusted as Team Focuses on Observatory Operations James Webb Space Telescope
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NASA telescopes discover brown dwarf protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula | Penn State University
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| | A new study by team including a Penn State astronomer used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal that some of the protoplanetary disks originally detected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope surround brown dwarfs, star-like objects that are too small and cool to undergo hydrogen fusion.
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Meet the Solar System's Dwarf Planets | Space
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| The category "dwarf planet" was created in 2006 to make room for the many large bodies being discovered on the outer reaches of the solar system. Here's a tour of the five currently recognized dwarf planets: Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake and Ceres.