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This is ingenious: astronomers have identified 138 new asteroids just a few tens of metres across by re-analysing JWST images taken for other purposes, shifting and recombining the images to mimic tracking the asteroids and synthesise an effective longer-term exposure.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/hundreds-of-small-asteroids-found-in-the-main-belt-using-jwst