JWST’s FLIP Method Reveals 51 Eridani b in Existing Data
A physics-based image-processing method has recovered a known giant planet from JWST observations that standard starlight subtraction left unresolved.
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A Dead Star Has Two Debris Rings. Are Surviving Planets Keeping Them Apart?
ESO researchers observed two separated gas rings around white dwarf J1328−1450. Unseen rocky bodies may explain the gap, but the planets themselves have not been directly imaged.
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One Gamma-Ray Burst, Many Telescopes: What GRB 261029A Really Tells Scientists
A 29 October gamma-ray burst was recorded by Fermi, SVOM and other observatories. Early spectra suggest redshift 3.27, but preliminary measurements are not a final explanation of the explosion.
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NASA's Swift Telescope Is Coming Down. Its Failed Rescue Still Teaches Us Something.
After more than two decades of scientific observations, Swift has been shut down and is approaching atmospheric re-entry. The failed rescue attempt exposes hard choices in maintaining satellites.
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