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ESA/Hubble/Webb weic2619: Webb reveals stunning panorama of star formation — One of Webb’s largest images to date showcases the hunt for the smallest brown dwarfs. This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope released to the public so far. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are …

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15 September 2026

This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope released to the public so far. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are less massive than the smallest stars. The researchers discovered brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter, bringing the study of these curious objects into a new mass range.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://esawebb.org/news/weic2619/

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ESA/Hubble/Webb Information Centre
15 September 2026

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