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NASA has selected PRIMA to enter Phase B, advancing plans for a far-infrared space telescope designed to survey the universe. The mission is targeted to launch in 2033, pending further development and review.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has identified brown dwarfs in the star-forming region IC 348 with masses as low as twice that of Jupiter. The objects are the least massive brown dwarfs known and could challenge models of how stars form.
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A 2026 arXiv preprint proposes that the unusually energetic long gamma-ray burst GRB 220101A involved two supernova-related events separated by 3.5 seconds.
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ESA says Euclid has identified 31 quasars from the early Universe, including two at redshifts 7.77 and 7.69—the most ancient quasars yet observed.
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ESA reports that Euclid has identified 31 quasars from the early Universe, including two with redshifts of 7.77 and 7.69 that were observed when the Universe was about 670 million years old.