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James Webb Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared Imaging Wide-Field Imaging JWST Observations Mid-Infrared Instrument Microlensing High-Frequency Observations VLT Telescope NIRCam and MIRI

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Hubble and Webb Directly Detect 27 Ultra‑Faint Objects Beyond Neptune

The deep infrared and visible survey challenges models that predict many tiny collision fragments, suggesting the smallest trans‑Neptunian objects retain primordial surface signatures.

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Webb’s Interferometric Image Reveals Dusty Torus Feeding Circinus Galaxy’s Black Hole

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NASA Details Roman Telescope’s Milky Way Map and Dark Energy Void Surveys as Launch Prep Advances

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Webb Unveils Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s Largest Star-Forming Cloud, in Unprecedented Detail

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Rectangular Mirror Concept Promises Simpler Space Telescope for Finding Nearby Earth-Size Planets

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VLT Directly Images Infant Gas Giant ‘WISPIT 2b’ Inside Planet‑Building Disk

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Most Bright JWST Early-Universe Galaxy Candidates Are Dusty Impostors

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Webb Reveals Binary Interaction in Planetary Nebula NGC 6072 and Detects 2,500 Early Galaxies

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Webb Telescope Resolves 19-Year Mystery of 'Cosmic Tornado'

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New Observations Suggest TRAPPIST-1 b May Have an Atmosphere or Active Geology

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Astronomers Release Most Detailed Infrared Map of the Milky Way

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James Webb Telescope Unveils Cosmic Question Mark

Infrared Astronomy

Hubble and Webb Directly Detect 27 Ultra‑Faint Objects Beyond Neptune

Webb Detects 27 Ultra‑Faint Worlds Beyond Neptune

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

Webb’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Remain Unexplained as Conflicting Clues Emerge

Astronomers Trace Andromeda Star's Quiet Collapse Into a Black Hole

Webb’s Interferometric Image Reveals Dusty Torus Feeding Circinus Galaxy’s Black Hole

NASA Details Roman Telescope’s Milky Way Map and Dark Energy Void Surveys as Launch Prep Advances

Webb Unveils Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s Largest Star-Forming Cloud, in Unprecedented Detail

Rectangular Mirror Concept Promises Simpler Space Telescope for Finding Nearby Earth-Size Planets

VLT Directly Images Infant Gas Giant ‘WISPIT 2b’ Inside Planet‑Building Disk

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Most Bright JWST Early-Universe Galaxy Candidates Are Dusty Impostors

Webb Reveals Binary Interaction in Planetary Nebula NGC 6072 and Detects 2,500 Early Galaxies

Webb Telescope Resolves 19-Year Mystery of 'Cosmic Tornado'

New Observations Suggest TRAPPIST-1 b May Have an Atmosphere or Active Geology

Astronomers Release Most Detailed Infrared Map of the Milky Way

James Webb Telescope Unveils Cosmic Question Mark

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