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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 2h

About 10,000 years old, the Sgr A East supernova remnant isn't just sitting there—it has actively injected energy into its environment, keeping the gas around our supermassive black hole hot and turbulent! 🔥🌀 #BlackHoles #Supernova #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 2h

What's inside an exploded star near our galactic center? This new Chandra X-ray view allowed scientists to map specific elements inside the Sgr A East supernova remnant—including iron, sulfur, argon, and calcium! ⚛️✨ #StellarRemnants #Astrophysics

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 2h

In the crowded Milky Way center, teasing apart light is tough! For the first time, researchers used a special technique to remove overlapping X-ray sources, revealing a pristine, uncontaminated view of the Sgr A East supernova remnant. 🔭🔬 #Space #NASA #Chandra

A labeled version of the main image that points out the Sgr East Supernova Site to the left of our galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sgr A*.
Sagittarius A East, labeled. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/McGill Univ./M. Balakrishnan et al.; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA; Sub-mm: EAO/James Clerk Maxwell Telecope; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds, N. Wolk

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 2h

Astronomers have captured the clearest view yet of Sagittarius A East, a supernova remnant located right next to our galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (which packs 4 million solar masses)! 🌌✨ #Astronomy #MilkyWay #Chandra

This composite image provides a view of Sagittarius A East (Sgr A East), a supernova remnant near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers used a special technique to separate Chandra’s view of Sgr A East from other X-ray sources in this crowded region, allowing them to study its diffuse emission and map elements including iron, sulfur, argon, and calcium. Lower-energy Chandra X-rays are shown in green and higher-energy X-rays are shown in blue, combining to appear purple near the remnant’s center. Radio data from the NSF’s Very Large Array (red) and submillimeter data from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (dark blue) complete this multiwavelength view. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/McGill Univ./M. Balakrishnan et al.; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA; Sub-mm: EAO/James Clerk Maxwell Telecope; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds, N. Wolk

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Following splashdown on Oct. 8, NASA will host a post-mission media briefing at 1:15 p.m. EDT with representatives from NASA and ESA to discuss the Crew-12 return and upcoming cargo launches. 🎙️📊 #SpaceNews #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The SpaceX Crew-12 mission returning home includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Safe travels back to Earth! 🌍👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 #Astronauts #SpaceExploration

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-12 team is scheduled to splash down off the coast of California at approximately 11:34 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 8. Tune in for the live return coverage! 🌊🛸 #Splashdown #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, pending favorable weather conditions. Watch live on NASA+! 🚀🛰️ #SpaceX #Crew12 #NASA

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members gather for a portrait in the pressure suits they will wear when they depart the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, Crew-12 pilot and commander respectively, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and mission specialist Sophie Adenot.
Credit: NASA/Anil Menon

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Setting records in orbit! ⏱️️ The SpaceX Dragon delivered Crew-13 to the space station in just 7 hours and 55 minutes—the fastest launch-to-docking of a U.S. spacecraft in ISS history. Incredible milestone for commercial spaceflight! 🌌✨ #SpaceStation

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Welcome to the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew-13! 🚀 NASA’s Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, CSA's Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos's Sergey Teteryatnikov arrived safely aboard the Dragon spacecraft. Hatch opening is up next! 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 #SpaceX #Crew13 #ISS

The SpaceX Dragon, with its nose cone open and carrying four Crew-13 members, approaches the International Space Station for a docking.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission has successfully launched! 🚀 This kicks off several months of scientific exploration aboard the International Space Station

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Meet the multinational Crew-13 team heading to the International Space Station: NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins & Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov! 🌍👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 #SpaceExploration

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

With weather currently tracking 55% favorable, preparations are in full swing! Tune in to live launch coverage starting at 9:20 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1 via NASA's channels

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All clear for liftoff! NASA and SpaceX have officially completed the Launch Readiness Review, giving Crew-13 a "go" for launch targeting no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1 from Cape Canaveral. 🚀🛰️ #NASA #SpaceX #Crew13

Ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, stands vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

⚡ Record-breaking travel! NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 targets an ultra-fast rendezvous with the ISS in just 7 hours and 50 minutes—set to be the fastest trip to the space station by a U.S. spacecraft in history. ⏱️✨ #Crew13 #SpaceX #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌱 Onboard the ISS, the Crew-13 astronauts will conduct vital research on space crop production for long-duration missions, study blood flow abnormalities in microgravity, and test new diagnostic medical devices for astronaut health. 🧪 #SpaceScience #Crew13 #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👨‍🚀 Meet the Crew-13 team! The international four-person crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins & Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov heading to the International Space Station. 🛰️ #Crew13 #SpaceExploration

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚀 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission will fly aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft named Grace! Previously flown during Axiom Mission 4 in 2025, Grace is heading back into orbit to safely transport four crew members to the International Space Station. 🌌 #Crew13 #NASA #SpaceX

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Despite forming in vastly different regions of the early solar system, both "hot" and "cold" Trans-Neptunian Objects share the same size distribution. This suggests planet-building processes produced similar-sized building blocks regardless of local conditions! 🪐

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How sensitive is NASA’s Webb Telescope? It spotted a Trans-Neptunian Object as faint as seeing a swarm of fireflies on the Moon from Earth! The smallest object detected was just ~3 miles (5 km) wide—5x smaller than ground telescopes can spot. 🌕🐝

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Astronomers expected tiny Trans-Neptunian Objects to look different from larger ones due to collisions. Instead, they share the same surface colors as their larger siblings, proving these icy bodies "remember" and preserve their primordial compositions! 🧊✨

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Using the combined power of The Hubble Space Telescope(visible light) and Webb Telescope (infrared), astronomers conducted the deepest survey yet of objects beyond Neptune—discovering 27 new, ultra-faint Trans-Neptunian Objects! 🌌🔭

This artist’s concept depicts a Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO), a small, faint, icy body orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. Often more than 100 million times dimmer than objects visible to the unaided eye, TNOs are so small that even with NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes, they appear only as tiny points of light. Artwork: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Using AI on the Chandra Deep Field-South (the most sensitive X-ray image ever obtained), researchers uncovered 67 supermassive black holes hidden beneath thick gas clouds, helping match theory to cosmic reality. 🪐 #DataScience #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

By combining manual algorithms with machine learning, astronomers uncovered an elusive intermediate-mass black hole devouring a star. Occurring in 2001–2002, it is one of the earliest tidal disruption events seen by Chandra! ✨ #Space #BlackHole

The Phoenix Cluster
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald et al.; Radio: NRAO/VLA; Optical: NASA/STScI)

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Using AI to search through decades of NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory data, scientists discovered 7 previously unknown pairs of galactic cavities—the direct result of explosive outbursts from supermassive black holes! 🌌 #Astronomy #AI #Space

Artist's illustration of the Chandra X-ray Observatory in space. (Credit: NASA/CXC & J.Vaughan)

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📺 Want to tune in? You can stream NASA & Boeing’s Starliner press briefing live at nasa.gov/live. Credentialed Crew-13 media can attend at Kennedy Space Center or request phone dial-in details up to an hour before start time. #SpaceNews #NASA #ISS

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

👨‍🚀 Key leaders joining the upcoming Starliner update include NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Low Earth Orbit Program Manager Dana Weigel, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, and Boeing VP John Mulholland. #Spaceflight #Boeing #NASA

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🚀 NASA and Boeing are holding a joint news conference on Monday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. EDT. Leaders will share updates on Starliner’s ongoing development and outline plans for regular crewed missions to the International Space Station. #Starliner #NASA #Space

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for docking.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Meet the Crew-13 team joining Expedition 75: NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins (Commander) and Luke Delaney (Pilot), alongside Mission Specialists Joshua Kutryk (Canadian Space Agency) and Sergey Teteryatnikov (Roscosmos)!

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

⏱️ Talk about an express trip! Following launch, SpaceX Crew-13 is set to reach the International Space Station in less than 9 hours. Docking is scheduled for around 8:00 PM EDT at the forward-facing port of the Harmony module.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚀 NASA and SpaceX are targeting Oct. 1 at 11:10 AM EDT for the launch of Crew-13 to the International Space Station! The mission will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk.
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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

💧 Water detected near the Galactic Center! For the first time, NASA’s Webb Space Telescope found signatures of water within the dust envelope surrounding the aging star IRS 3 near Sagittarius A*. Finding water in such an extreme space environment is a milestone.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌌 Dust of cosmic creation! Mid-infrared data from the Webb Space Telescope revealed a clear signature of oxygen-rich silicate dust wrapping around the star IRS 3. Silicate dust like this provides essential building blocks for future cosmic generations.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Within the dense starfield near Sagittarius A*, NASA’s Webb telescope targeted IRS 3—a star nearing the end of its life cycle. Studying stars in their final stages helps astronomers understand how galactic centers evolve.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

✨ Deep in the heart of our galaxy, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a brilliant star field surrounding Sagittarius A*. Webb’s powerful mid-infrared eyes are giving us unprecedented views of the extreme environment at the center of the Milky Way!

$A bright, densely populated star cluster lies near the center of the image, surrounded by intricate clouds of glowing gas and dust in shades of red, pink, orange, and blue. Dark lanes of dust weave through the nebula, contrasting with the luminous central region. Countless stars are scattered across the field, with a few brighter foreground stars showing Webb's characteristic diffraction spikes. Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan$

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why explore Titan's Selk Crater? 🌊 Ancient impacts there melted icy bedrock, potentially creating pools of liquid water that lasted for hundreds to thousands of years alongside complex organic chemistry.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dragonfly’s landing site on Titan officially has a name: Ahmakiq Undae! 🌬️ Named by the IAU after a Mayan spirit meaning "one who locks up the wind," this dune field spans about 500 miles wide near Selk Crater.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Next stop: Titan! 🪐 NASA’s Dragonfly mission is scheduled to launch in summer 2028 and will reach Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan in late 2034 to begin a 3.3-year primary exploration mission.

Highlighted in purple, located in the equatorial dune fields of Saturn’s moon Titan, Ahmakiq Undae has a diameter of approximately 500 miles (810 kilometers) and borders the roughly 50-mile (80-kilometer) diameter Selk impact crater, to the upper right. Deposits formed during the impact that created Selk Crater are primary exploration targets for NASA’s Dragonfly mission. The yellow box on the global image of Titan denotes the approximate area.
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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Space rocks hit the Moon constantly! NASA's LRO records ~140 new 30-ft craters a year from small meteoroids and has flagged over 100,000 surface changes in 17 years. Tracking these impacts helps scientists prepare for safe, sustained human activity on the lunar surface. 🛰️

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did you know a Moon impact creates thermal 'cold spots'? Data from NASA's LRO reveals a 4-mile-wide zone around the new McGetchin crater that is 16°F cooler at night. The crash fluffed up the lunar soil, making it less dense and less able to hold heat! 🌡️🌕

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How big is the Moon’s newest crater? Formed by a rock the size of a 3-to-6-story building, McGetchin crater is 728 ft wide (length of 2 football fields) and 141 ft deep—deep enough to fit three vertically stacked yellow school buses! 🚌🚀

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered McGetchin crater, the largest newly formed crater ever spotted in the solar system! Formed in early 2024, scientists estimate an impact of this massive scale happens on the Moon only about once every century. 🌕💥

An aerial view of a lunar crater. A bright, circular impact crater sits in the center of a dark, cratered surface, with white rays of ejected lunar material radiating outwards in all directions, creating a stark contrast against the gray terrain.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How recent is Saturn's south pole decagon? NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn from 2004–2017 and saw zero trace of it! Hints of the wave were first noticed in 2024 by ground-based amateur observers before high-resolution Hubble imagery confirmed its existence back to 2023.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Saturn's new southern decagon isn't just a surface cloud! Hubble images across different light wavelengths reveal that the 10-sided structure shifts with altitude, showing it extends vertically through multiple atmospheric layers deep into the gas giant. 🔭✨

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Unlike Saturn's iconic northern hexagon—which has stayed stable for 40+ years—this southern decagon appears to have formed recently. Hubble data shows it emerged in 2023 and is actively strengthening, giving scientists a rare look at an atmospheric wave forming in real time!

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🪐 Scientists discovered a giant 10-sided atmospheric wave—a decagon—encircling Saturn's south pole! Captured by Hubble Space Telescope, this is the first large, regular-sided jet pattern ever seen in the planet's southern hemisphere.

Two views of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveal a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling the planet’s south pole. The feature, called a decagon, is the first large, persistent, regular-sided pattern observed at Saturn’s southern hemisphere.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Webb captured Herbig-Haro objects—luminous regions created when high-speed jets ejected from newborn protostars crash into surrounding gas and dust, including the propeller-shaped HH 211 and double-protostar HH 797.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

While studying the smallest brown dwarfs in IC 348, Webb detected an unknown hydrocarbon signature in their atmospheres. Found only in the lowest-mass brown dwarfs, this unique feature hints that these extreme objects may belong to a brand-new spectral class.

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Webb found evidence of a protoplanetary disk surrounding a newly discovered brown dwarf that’s only twice Jupiter's mass. This suggests planets might form around objects that are barely larger than planets themselves!

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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NASA’s Webb Telescope discovered brown dwarfs in star cluster IC 348 that are just TWICE the mass of Jupiter! 🌌 Weighing only 0.19% of our Sun's mass, these are the least massive brown dwarfs ever found—challenging current models of how stars form.

A star-forming region. The left two thirds of the image is blanketed in thick clouds of green and yellow gas and dust that form swirling patterns. Some of the gas is spread into thin, thready wisps. The right third of the image is the black background speckled with stars and multi-colored dots that represent distant galaxies. Bright stars are scattered throughout the clouds, with the densest cluster situated in the center of the scene. Each is crowned with six long spikes and two shorter spikes created by the optics of the telescope’s mirrors.

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