Ever heard of a Spotify wrap? Now, we have a wrap of the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) best discoveries and best images.
James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Greatest Findings in 2023 (Photo: NPR)
James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Greatest Findings
The Debrief reports that since the liftoff of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), it has constantly proven itself to be an incredible asset in the search for the unknown in our universe.
That being said, there’s a look back on how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shared its greatest discoveries and best images provided by SPACE.
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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Confirms First Exoplanet
The first discovery with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was its first exoplanet, a research led by Kevin Stevenson and Jacob Lustig-Yeager who confirmed the discovery in January.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Sn aps a Picture of a Remote Cloudy Planet
Another one that was discovered with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was the new features of the atmosphere of a distant planet, which was 40 light-years away from Earth. The scientists also discovered the swirling sandstorms in the planet’s scorching atmosphere.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Finds Water While Scrutinizing an Asteroid
In May, James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) NIRSpec instrument helped scientists make the first detection of water vapor in the vicinity of a comet in an asteroid belt, confirming there was water ice preserved from the early solar system.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Spots Eerie Rings Encircling a Star
Scientists have discovered far more they went looking for this year when they discovered a series of glowing discs encircling the star of Fomalhaut with the use of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Celebrates Anniversary by Peeking Into the Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
The last one on the list is the discovery of the complexity of Ophiuchus as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) celebrates the anniversary of its blastoff in 2022.
In July, NASA released images obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) featuring a nursery for star formation, located in an area of interstellar clouds consisting of different nebulae with the Ophiuchus constellation some 390 light years away from Earth.
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