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James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe's oldest planets exist

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Astronomers found that when there are few heavy, metallic elements, planetary disks can last much longer than previously believed.

The JWST observed the stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud , a galaxy 199,000 light-years from Earth .

This has implications for how you form a planet, the study co-author Elena Sabbi said.