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Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away (mashable.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That is a surprisingly sharp image of planets for an image 7.642e+14 miles away, holy fuck.

Reminds me of the FSS in Elite Dangerous. Don't forget to honk the system!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Almost likes like there's even hints of variation on the planets' "surface"s

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

The planets are nowhere near large enough to be resolved, any variation is either noise or an artifact from the coronagraph.