When did the first stars form? What are the origins of supermassive black holes? Could Earth-like exoplanets harbour life? These are just a few of the questions our new space telescope will shed light on
, the most powerful telescope ever made is finally ready to gather fresh clues relating to questions we could only dream of answering with its predecessors.
The JWST will allow us to peer further into the universe’s distant past than ever before thanks to its special combination of capabilities. As an infrared observatory with a massive mirror floating beyond the orbit of the moon, it can collect light from the faintest, most distant stars and galaxies – light that has been stretched into infrared wavelengths after travelling through expanding space for billions of years.
Here we examine seven of the biggest questions the JWST is expected to shed new light on, focusing on specific projects that have been granted time in its
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