Scientists used both NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes together for the first time to study far-flung Trans-Neptunian Objects, including some of the smallest and faintest ever directly seen, and found fewer small TNOs than expected.
Sources
- Science News - Astrophysics Science Division (science.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/nasas-hubble-webb-find-far-out-solar-system-objects-remember-past (cfa.harvard.edu)
- https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-webb-trans-neptunian-objects-15052.html (sci.news)
- https://spacedaily.com/t-hubble-webb-27-ultrafaint-trans-neptunian-objects/ (spacedaily.com)
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