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As astronomers gather more data than ever before, studying the cosmos has become an increasingly complex task.

But the use of low-earth orbit satellites for mobile communications has been criticised by astronomers, who say they pollute the night sky and make it more difficult to spot potential hazards such as asteroids.

Thanks to Webb's capabilities, astronomers are now beginning to directly observe these early moments of planetary and lunar development.

For the first time, astronomers have used a new imaging method on a ground-based telescope to capture the most detailed look ever at the disk surrounding a distant star.

Uzbekistan’s medieval astronomer Ulugh Beg built the most advanced observatory of his time, charting the stars with uncanny precision long before Galileo.