The wait is finally over — for the photos and for all the research that will follow.
A composite image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, created with the Webb telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instruments.
, or an expanding cloud of gas surrounding a dying star. Having blown off all its outer layers, the dying white dwarf star at the nebula's heart is unimaginably hot and releasing intense ultraviolet radiation, causing the gas around it to light up. An analysis of James Webb Space Telescope data identifies chemicals present in the atmosphere of the hot exoplanet WASP-96 b.— a representation of the amount of different wavelengths of light emitted by an exoplanet dubbed WASP-96 b. The gas giant world, about half the size of Jupiter, is the closest of the newly revealed objects, at about 1,150 light-years away. It orbits its star every 3.4 days, and has a unique, cloudless atmosphere made largely of sodium.
. In turn, launch was the culmination of over two decades of development, starting in 1996, and general discussion about the project that began even earlier. Over the years, Webb was sometimes severely strapped for funding, and at least once was in danger of being canceled due to soaring costs.
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