James Webb, the most advanced space telescope to date, broke new ground today. James Webb Space Telescope It’s the first time he’s captured an image of a planet outside our solar system. It turned out that this planet in the photo shared by the European Space Agency (ESA) has a larger mass than Jupiter.
The age of the exoplanet turned out to be 15-20 million years
Launched into space in late 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has detected a planet beyond our solar system. image of pulled. According to the information revealed, the name of the planet ‘HIP 652426 b’ is located as. Moreover the age of the planet is 15-20 million years was determined to be. Generally speaking, this planet is younger than Earth, which is 4.5 billion years old.
Astronomer Sasha Hinkley of the University of Exeter, who led the observation, a historic moment for astronomy said that. Moreover, “James Webb will open the door to a whole new class of planets that cannot reach us completely. So by observing them over a wide range of wavelengths, we can study their composition much more deeply.”
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Observing different planets is challenging because the star in the star system where the planets are located is bright. The planet observed today, however, is from the Earth’s distance from the Sun. 100 times farther somewhere. In this way, James Webb can distinguish the planet better.
Previously, astronomers used ground-based telescopes. Images of 20 or so exoplanets obtained directly. But that means tackling the noise introduced by Earth’s atmosphere and limiting observations to narrower visibility. In contrast, images taken in space also include wavelengths that make up most of the light produced in the planet’s atmosphere.
Besides these European Space Agency He also stated that the planet is gaseous and does not include any rocks. Therefore, the planet is not livable also appeared. In addition, the agency announced that observations are continuing and that a research on the subject is on the way.
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