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James Webb has made another discovery: a brown dwarf that is 30 times larger than Jupiter! A new faint, far-off, and cold brown dwarf has been discovered by a global team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) new data.
Date Time For UVA Astronomers, New Space Telescope Could Be a ‘Game-Changer’ When the James Webb Space Telescope launches in October, it will be the world’s premier space science observatory. Its combination of high-resolution and infrared-detecting instruments is expected to provide astronomers with a wealth of detailed data – not only on individual stars in the local universe, but also an unprecedented level of detail of what’s happening at the cores of other galaxies. Among those eagerly awaiting the Webb telescope’s launch are a pair of University of Virginia astronomers leadi...