Observing Space

The James Webb Telescope

Introduction
Humans have always wanted to
understand the vastness of space
above them. The most recent
endeavour to achieve this goal was the
creation of the James Webb
Telescope.
How it works
The James Webb Telescope is an
infrared telescope that uses infrared
radiation, or light that is invisible to
human eyes and can be felt as heat, to
detect objects in space. It can observe
celestial bodies, such as stars, nebulae,
and planets, that are too cool or faint
to be seen in visible light. It uses a
giant mirror and a complex camera to
capture and study infrared light.
 LHS 475 b
Researchers confirmed an exoplanet
using NASA’s James Webb Space
Telescope for the first time. They called
it LHS 475 b. The planet is almost the
same size as ours, clocking in at 99% of
Earth’s diameter. These first
observational results from an Earth-
size, rocky planet open the door to
many future possibilities for studying
rocky planet atmospheres with Webb.
Webb is bringing us closer to a new
understanding of Earth-like worlds
outside our solar system.
CEERS 1019
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 any other yet
identified in the early universe.
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By Kanishga