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JWST reveals its first direct image discovery of an exoplanet

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342 points divbzero | 1 comments | 27 Jun 25 17:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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tiahura ◴[27 Jun 25 23:37 UTC] No.44401266[source]▶
How is it that we can spot a planet 110 light years away, but whether there’s another planet in the solar system past Pluto is a matter of legitimate scientific debate?
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1. charlieyu1 ◴[28 Jun 25 00:05 UTC] No.44401397[source]▶
Because we are looking for much smaller planets.