Abadikini.com, JAKARTA The James Webb telescope belonging to the United States Space Agency (NASA) was launched at the end of last December. This space telescope aims to explore the early phases of cosmic history.
NASA hopes this telescope can find other Earth-like planets. Astronomers around the world are also hoping to discover the unexpected, like new planets for example, said Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As is known, since a few years ago, astronomers have discovered nearly 5,000 exoplanets and estimate that in the Milky Way galaxy alone has billions more exoplanets.
With its launch, the space observatory is expected to be able to look into the universe that is more distant, as well as observe objects in our solar system.
Moreover, telescopes have almost become synonymous with exoplanets, or worlds outside the solar system, which can be observed in unique ways. However, according to a report on the Popular Science page, the telescope can only determine its size, mass, distance from the star, rough temperature, and – under certain conditions – some molecules floating in its atmosphere.
Scientists aren’t even sure how many possible Planet B candidates there are, or whether any of them are truly Earth-like. The telescope will only help to ‘sew up’ the gap, and being a large mirror, and found instruments will bring sharper focus to faraway places.
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