An artist’s illustration of Kepler-167e, a Jupiter analogue in a distant solar system. At the time of writing, the JWST is observing this planet and looking for signs of an exomoon. Image Credit: NASA Eyes On Planets The planet only transits its star once every three years, and the ne...
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While dust is problematic for visible light observations, infrared light can pass straight through it, which is why astronomers use the likes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer inside nebulas or see faraway galaxies. What temperature is interstellar space? Temperatures in the ISM ca...
6 With a 6.5m mirror, which is several times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, the JWST is too big for any rocket, so it must be unfolded in space. The telescope is being thoroughly tested here on Earth because it is going where no one can fix it.7 The mission, ...
What do we know about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)?AA. It has cost more than expected.B. It has been in operation for years.C. It will work millions of miles from Earth.D. It is used to discover planets in the Galaxy.2. What does the underlined word “bowls" in ...
Webb is known for its ability to stare unblinking into the deep sky. Since it came online, it has produced deep-field images containing thousands of distinguishable galaxies and narrow profiles of individual stars—and its repertoire is still expanding. In June 2024, JWST astronomers presented the...
Since the landmark discovery in 1992 of two planets orbiting a star outside of our Solar System, thousands of new worlds have been added to a rapidly growing list of 'exoplanets' in the Milky Way galaxy. We've learnt many things from this vast catalogue
At launch, Google tweeted a demo of the AI chat service in which the prompt read, "What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?" Bard replied: "JWST took the very first pictures of a planet outside of our own solar system." People ...
At launch, Google tweeted a demo of the AI chat service in which the prompt read, "What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?" Bard replied: "JWST took the very first pictures of a planet outside of our own solar system." People quickly...
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