James Webb Telescope Discovery

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The Unveiled Universe: The Universe Unveiled: The James Webb Space Telescope is Changing the History of Cosmology.

  James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is not just a follow-up on the legendary Hubble; it is a new machine that will open a whole new door into the universe. The biggest and most potent space telescope to ever be constructed was the $10 billion observatory that was launched in 2021, and its key purpose is to study the universe in the infrared light. This would enable it to view what lies behind the dust which blocks visible light to give an insight into the consequences and objects that were never known to us before with unparalleled ability.
The Quest for "First Light" The ability to observe the age of the first light, i.e. the age of the first stars and galaxies that began to burn following the Big Bang, is among the most significant intentions of JWST. The light of these very distant objects has therefore been stretched, or redshifted, out of the visible light into the infrared spectrum, due to the expansion of the universe. The huge, gold-coated 6.5 meters mirror of Webb and its cryogenic instruments is carefully tuned to receive this faint infrared glow and the mirror is facing backwards into the past 13.5 billion years. Its initial observations have already shocked astronomers with new findings of the galaxies that are much more mature, huge and numerous in the early universe than what the existing theories had expected. Scientists are now having to re-examine early galaxy formation models completely due to these small red dots.
Discovering the World of Exoplanets. The JWST is transforming the research on exoplanets even beyond the farthest galaxies. It has an amazing sensitivity that it can be used to characterize the atmosphere of a planet through the study of the light that travels through the atmosphere of a planet when it goes across (in front of) its host star. To date, Webb has provided the most refined atmospheric spectra of exoplanets, and has detected water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other chemical substances, with certainty, on other planets. This is an essential ability in the hunt to potentially habitable planets as well as the study of planetary systems formation and evolution. As an example, a recent discovery has seen a giant, so-called super-puff exoplanet, WASP-107b, violently lose its helium-rich atmosphere, providing scientists with fresh understanding of the violent nature of the atmospheric evolution process. The JWST, which emits textbooks on astronomy, is expected to keep working decades as it operates in a stable orbit 1.5 million kilometers out of earth, and is shielded by a huge five-layer sunshield.

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