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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: 1.752s | source
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BitwiseFool ◴[27 Jun 25 22:03 UTC] No.44400670[source]▶
The JWST is a marvel of engineering. It is also a machine designed around the restrictions of what the most powerful rockets of the 1990's were capable of. Just imagine how capable future telescopes will be now that we have multiple super-heavy launch vehicles with cavernous payload fairings in development.
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1. WalterBright ◴[28 Jun 25 00:11 UTC] No.44401417[source]▶
Yes, and too bad a twin or two weren't developed simultaneously, as the additional cost would be minimal - and now we have SpaceX rockets to launch them.