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New Method Boosts Webb’s Planet-Hunting Sensitivity Up to 15 Times and Finds a Planet Hidden in Old Data

November 4, 2026 by Avery Quest

JWST exoplanet imaging: the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror segments during cryogenic testing

JWST exoplanet imaging gets a boost: a Northwestern method called FLIP raised sensitivity 2 to 15 times and pulled 51 Eridani b out of two-year-old data.

Hubble and Webb Capture the Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula in the Carina Nebula

November 4, 2026October 29, 2026 by Avery Quest

Hubble Space Telescope view of the Cat's Head Nebula, a dark dust pillar shaped like a cat's head with a glowing red eye against blue and orange gas

NASA’s Hubble and Webb telescopes captured the Cat’s Head Nebula, a dusty pillar in the Carina Nebula 7,500 light-years away. What each image shows and why.