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The Official James Webb Space Telescope Thread: First image released 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Telescope

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NASA’s Webb Reveals Steamy Atmosphere of Distant Planet in Detail - NASA

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the most detailed measurements of starlight filtering through the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system to date. Distinct water signatures were observed, as was evidence of haze and clouds that previous studies did not detect.
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  • Webb’s enormous mirror, precise instruments joined forces to capture most detailed measurements of starlight filtering through atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system to date
  • The spectrum of light – which contains information about the makeup of a planetary atmosphere 1,150 light-years away – reveals distinct signature of water
  • The strength of the signal that Webb detected hints at the significant role the telescope will play in the search for potentially habitable planets in coming years
  • Webb’s powerful new view also shows evidence of haze and clouds that previous studies of this planet did not detect
 
ALLBUILDINGSMATTER! said:
It’s amazing until you read the articles and they tell you they added all the colors.
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The colors in the image are synthetic. Telescopes record images in black and white, through colored filters. Combining several shots of the same field obtained at different wavelengths, it is possible to show what they would have looked like to the human eye, although the color palette will always be, to some degree, artificial, since much of the light in the infrared is invisible. In the case of the first image from the James Webb, six filters have been used: two in different shades of blue, two in green and two in red.
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Mr.LV said:
www.nasa.gov

NASA’s Webb Reveals Steamy Atmosphere of Distant Planet in Detail - NASA

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the most detailed measurements of starlight filtering through the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system to date. Distinct water signatures were observed, as was evidence of haze and clouds that previous studies did not detect.
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov

main_image_exoplanet_wasp.jpg

  • Webb’s enormous mirror, precise instruments joined forces to capture most detailed measurements of starlight filtering through atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system to date
  • The spectrum of light – which contains information about the makeup of a planetary atmosphere 1,150 light-years away – reveals distinct signature of water
  • The strength of the signal that Webb detected hints at the significant role the telescope will play in the search for potentially habitable planets in coming years
  • Webb’s powerful new view also shows evidence of haze and clouds that previous studies of this planet did not detect
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Had to circle back to this but this is dope as hell! Should make the search for habitable planets(for humans) easier. Good shit
 
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