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The Planet Was In The Photo All Along. Just Glared.

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Northwestern scientists built a glare-removal trick called FLIP. They aimed it at two-year-old James Webb images. A giant planet, 51 Eridani b, walked out of the starlight, per Phys.org and Live Science. The telescope had captured it years ago. Nobody could see it through the glare. Discovery now means re-reading old mail.

The Wire

Researchers at Northwestern University developed FLIP, a glare-removal technique that boosted JWST's sensitivity up to fifteen times, Phys.org and Live Science report. Applied to two-year-old data, it revealed the giant exoplanet 51 Eridani b, hidden inside an analysed image all along. The method should surface smaller, fainter planets from existing archives without new observation time.

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Source: Phys.org

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