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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . [ 9 ]
WASP-96b's spectrum was one of the images featured in the initial science release from the James Webb Space Telescope in July 2022. [4] The spectrum confirmed the presence of water, as well as providing evidence for "clouds and hazes" within the planet's atmosphere. [3] Prior to this discovery, WASP-96b was thought to be free of clouds. [5] [6]
LHS 475 b is a terrestrial planet orbiting the star LHS 475 which is about 40.7 light years away, in the constellation of Octans. [2] [3] It was the first extrasolar planet to be confirmed by the James Webb Space Telescope. [4]
The exoplanet lies 120 light-years away from Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope investigated a giant planet, K2-18b, that could be an ocean world, according to NASA. The exoplanet lies 120 ...
The Webb telescope is the only operating telescope that is capable of characterizing the atmosphere of Earth-sized exoplanets. Attempts to assess LHS 475 b's atmosphere have been made by analyzing ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was used for the first time to confirm the existence of a small and rocky exoplanet around a red dwarf star. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was used for ...
It is known to host at least one exoplanet, WASP-96b. It was discovered in 2013 by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP), utilising the transit method. [2] In July 2022, NASA announced that a spectrum of the planet would be featured in the initial science release from the James Webb Space Telescope. [5] [6]
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected carbon, a building block of life, on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The James Webb Space Telescope has detected carbon, a building block of ...