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Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons

https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-finds-signs-ancient-disaster-neptunes-moons-2026-08-03/

17•Teever•1h ago

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NegativeLatency•45m ago

Original paper if you want to skip the news sumamry: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb1437

ck2•33m ago

I am so stupid-excited for Nancy Grace Roman launch just a few weeks, surprised no posts yet

it's not a competition but JWST almost pales to the state-of-the-art tech (because JWST was held up for so many years budget-wise)

28mbps downlink vs 500mbps from a MILLION MILES AWAY, 1.5TB per day download

imagine what new they will discover with it

* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/

* https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14942/

onetwentythree•11m ago

Yes, but remember they are very different telescopes for different types of astronomy. Roman is a survey telescope with a wide field of view, designed to discover new objects, etc. JWST has a large aperture and narrow FOV to get the closest look possible at specific targets identified in advance. They will compliment each other well.

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Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons

https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-finds-signs-ancient-disaster-neptunes-moons-2026-0...

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