Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons

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38 points·Teever··6 comments

Original paper if you want to skip the news sumamry: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb1437

I am so stupid-excited for Nancy Grace Roman launch just a few weeks, surprised no posts yet

it's not a competition but JWST almost pales to the state-of-the-art tech (because JWST was held up for so many years budget-wise)

28mbps downlink vs 500mbps from a MILLION MILES AWAY, 1.5TB per day download

imagine what new they will discover with it

* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/

* https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14942/

Yes, but remember they are very different telescopes for different types of astronomy. Roman is a survey telescope with a wide field of view, designed to discover new objects, etc. JWST has a large aperture and narrow FOV to get the closest look possible at specific targets identified in advance. They will compliment each other well.

Regrettable English nit: "complement", not "compliment".

They are also programmed to send sweet nothings to each other at consistent intervals.

> Neptune's inner moons may be the only place in the solar system where we can directly observe that material [from the insides of a past moon]

Clearly this means that we need a Neptune orbiter mission! And soon, I'm not getting any younger and I want to see it.

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