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Webb telescope finds 27 new objects beyond Neptune in deepest survey yet

The James Webb Space Telescope detected 27 previously unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects in a small patch of sky, some as small as six miles across, in the most sensitive study of these icy worlds to date.

Luisa Marconi
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Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified 27 new Trans-Neptunian Objects - small icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune - in a small patch of sky, some only about six miles wide, in the most sensitive study of such worlds to date.[1]