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Hubble and Webb find distant solar system objects 'remember' the past
Original: Hubble and Webb find that far-out # solarsystem objects 'remember' the past Used # NASA 's Hubble & # JWST to study some
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope have studied trans-Neptunian objects, icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune. The observations uncovered unexpectedly fewer small TNOs than models predicted, and found that the objects' colors follow the same relationships regardless of size. Researchers say these pristine bodies preserve a record of conditions from the solar system's formation.
Why now: New joint Hubble and Webb findings about trans-Neptunian objects offer fresh clues to the solar system's early history.
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- Hubble and Webb find that far-out # solarsystem objects 'remember' the past Used # NASA 's Hubble & # JWST to study some trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Unexpectedly found fewer small TNOs than expected and that the colors of these bodies followed the same relationships as… · BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io · 2
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