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Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to revisit a misunderstood black hole thought to be gulping ...

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have ... That second explanation is favored by new data from the JWST which takes full advantage of the $10 billion space ...