“Webb is an investment in American innovation but also a scientific feat made possible with NASA’s international partners that share a can-do spirit to push the boundaries of what is known to be possible. Every new image is a new discovery, empowering scientists around the globe to ask and answer questions they once could never dream of,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in a statement. “In just one year, the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed humanity’s view of the cosmos, peering into dust clouds and seeing light from faraway corners of the universe for the very first time.
The space observatory’s first glimpses of the universe included distant galaxies, the atmospheric composition of an exoplanet and a stellar nursery, where stars are born. The most powerful telescope ever sent to space, Webb launched on December 25, 2021, and NASA shared its first set of scintillating images on July 12, 2022. Our own Sun experienced a phase like this, long ago, and now we have the technology to see the beginning of another’s star’s story,” said Klaus Pontoppidan, Webb project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland and research scientist at NASA, in a statement. “Webb’s image of Rho Ophiuchi allows us to witness a very brief period in the stellar lifecycle with new clarity. It has been reported that the JWST will be able to help scientists in the search for alien life, among its other uses.Saturn’s rings shine in new Webb telescope photo In 2022, it will go on to fully deploy its mirrors before starting regular science operations around half way through the year. The JWST should also currently be in the process of deploying its sunshield-a task that's expected to take several days. ET on Friday, just under 50 percent of the way to the L2 point.Īlthough the telescope is already around half of the way to its final destination, it will still take a few weeks to get there as it's slowing down over time. Twice a day, command sequences will be uploaded to the telescope and data downloaded back to Earth from the telescope.Īccording to the NASA tracker, Webb was around 430,000 miles away from Earth at 7 a.m. In addition, since Webb will always be at roughly the same place relative to Earth, it will be easy for scientists to communicate with it. This L2 orbit means that the JWST will remain out of the shadows of the Earth and moon, giving it an unimpeded view of the universe allowing for 24/7 scientific observations. Specifically, the JWST will remain in the same point in space relative to the Earth as it orbits the sun. Located around 1 million miles away from Earth, L2 is a point in space at which the gravity of the Earth and the sun equals the centripetal force required to keep an object moving with them. Its journey can be followed online via a tracker hosted by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The JWST is headed to a point in space known as the second Lagrange Point, or L2. ET and it will be shown on the Virtual Telescope Project's webTV page here. The live feed is scheduled for January 7 at 4:30 p.m. One of 2022's Biggest Asteroids to Make Close Pass to Earth in January.Watch Clip of James Webb Gliding Through Space as Astronomer Captures Video.Best Scientific Discoveries and Breakthroughs of 2021.
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