A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide.
Webb Detects Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole to Date. Researchers have discovered the most distant active supermassive black hole to date with the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy, CEERS 1019, existed just over 570 million years after the big bang, and its black hole is less massive than…
Astronomers analysing the dataset discovered what appears to be six ancient galaxies. If it’s correct, these galaxies would have existed when the universe was around 3pc of its current age, roughly 500m to 700m years after the Big Bang
Strange discovery of James Webb
James Webb telescope makes ‘JuMBO’ discovery of planet-like objects in Orion. Jupiter-sized “planets” free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). What’s intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs
How far can James Webb see
Webb has the capacity to look 13.6 billion light years distant—which will be the farthest we’ve ever seen into space. This image of the galactic cluster known as SMACS 0723 contains thousands of galaxies, some of which are as far away as 13.1 billion light years.
Why is Webb an infrared telescope? By viewing the universe at infrared wavelengths Webb is now showing us things never before seen by any other telescope. It is only at infrared wavelengths that we can see the first stars and galaxies forming after the Big Bang
Astronomers recently trained the profoundly powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a small section of the sky, endeavoring to find some of the universe’s most ancient objects. Just this single image, shown above and below, encompasses tens of thousands of galaxies. “You’re looking at 45,000+ galaxies,” NASA tweeted
What unknown objects do James Webb see
A cosmic object in the shape of a glowing question mark has photobombed one of the latest images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — and scientists think they know what it might be. The original near-infrared image, released July 26, depicted a pair of young stars named Herbig-Haro 46/47
Can James Webb see planets
Webb will observe Mars and the giant planets, minor planets like Pluto and Eris – and even the small bodies in our solar system: asteroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt Objects.
Webb discovers brown dwarf with sand clouds
Though many telescopes have identified exoplanets, Webb wasn’t designed to. But discover one it did — and it’s an exceptionally weird one. For one, VHS 1256 b isn’t a planet at all. It’s a brown dwarf — bigger than a planet, but too small to be a proper star.
Has James Webb found life
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have found signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b through the detection of dimethyl sulphide (DMS). NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have stumbled upon tentative evidence suggesting signs of life on a distant exoplanet, K2-18b
Why is James Webb so special
One of the greatest strengths of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is its ability to give astronomers detailed views of areas where new stars are being born.
Can Webb see mars
From its vantage point, Webb can at once observe Martian processes that occur at various times of day, and it will help researchers study short-term phenomena like seasonal changes, weather and dust storms, per NASA
What would James Webb see if it is pointed towards earth
With the power to collect and measure thousands of colors of faint red and infrared light, Webb would be able to detect clear evidence for water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, and many other molecules that make up Earth’s atmosphere
What was the first image revealed by James Webb
They reveal the capabilities of all four of Webb’s state-of-the-art scientific instruments: SMACS 0723: Webb has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far – and in only 12.5 hours
James Webb studied Trappist 1 flares could aid the search of alien life
The powerful space telescope scrutinized four flares from the volatile red dwarf star, around which at least seven roughly Earth-size planets orbit
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a closer look at a volatile star at the heart of a system of seven potentially Earth-like worlds, some of which might be able to support life as we know it.
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