Researchers confirm an exoplanet using NASA’s Webb telescope for the first time, opening the possibilities of pinpointing Earth-sized planets orbiting smaller red dwarf stars
Webb telescope is an international collaboration between the US space agency NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, involving more than 10,000 people.
"Webb is bringing us closer and closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system, and the mission is only just getting started." "The telescope is so sensitive that it can easily detect a range of molecules, but we can't yet make any definitive conclusions about the planet’s atmosphere," said Erin May of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
The researchers, nevertheless, said the star of the planet is a red dwarf and is less than half the temperature of the Sun, so while the planet is closer to it than any planet in our solar system, they project it still could have an atmosphere.With already several significant milestones, James Webb Telescope added another one to its list of achievements.
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