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

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• prewett 6 hours ago
  > 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.
• NegativeLatency 13 hours ago
  Original paper if you want to skip the news sumamry: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb1437
• ck2 13 hours ago
  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/

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  • onetwentythree 12 hours ago
    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.
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    • macintux 12 hours ago
      Regrettable English nit: "complement", not "compliment".
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      • kiddico 8 hours ago
        They are also programmed to send sweet nothings to each other at consistent intervals.