Various images are coming from the James Webb Space Telescope, which has recently started its activities. Our eye in space may have discovered a supernova for the first time.
The James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the most distant galaxy ever imaged. Now, the first supernova discovery in the vehicle’s history may have occurred.
Researchers, Webb’s NIRCam He thinks he has witnessed a supernova using his equipment called The structure, seen as a bright object in the data collected by Hubble, the telescope before Webb, is thought to be a recently exploded star.
A first for James Webb
supernovasappears when giant stars reach the end of their lifespan. Billions of years from now, as will happen to our Sun, when the fuel of the star runs out, the material within it is thrown into space with a big explosion. This explosion is so bright that it can even be seen from other galaxies.
James Webb Space Telescope, SDSS.J141930.11+5251593 managed to observe a similar flare in his galaxy. The telescope observed this galaxy twice, 5 days apart. In the second observation, it was seen that the glow was at a much lower level. In other words, the glow in this region began to fade over time.
from researchers Mike Engesserstated that for now, they need to examine more data to speak for sure, but if they talk according to the data they have, this structure is a very serious supernova candidate.
on the other hand James Webbis not designed to detect supernovae. Still, researchers are working to evaluate all the incoming data. It is not easy to find a supernova among them. Because this gigantic cosmic fireworks show takes place in a very short time, so it is necessary to look at the right place at the right time.
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