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JWST ruled out finding tiny moons around an exoplanet—that's great news

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened many wonders of the cosmos to scientists since it began science operations a few years ago. But one thing it hasn't done is find an "exomoon.

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The James Webb Space Telescope, now several years into its science operations, has not detected any exomoons—moons that would orbit planets outside our solar system. Despite expectations that JWST would uncover many such bodies, the instrument has so far found none. This absence of detections is presented as positive news.

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