Watery Secret? NASA's James Webb Detects Vapor on Scorching Exoplanet
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovers water vapor on a rocky, scorching exoplanet. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has done it again.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovers water vapor on a rocky, scorching exoplanet. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has done it again.
See the first incredible full colour images to be released by JWST, showing glowing cosmic clouds, galaxy clusters and a planet orbiting a distant star.
The star WR 124 is 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius and was snapped in unprecedented detail by NASA's new $10 billion (£7.4 billion) super space telescope, James Webb.
'These objects are way more massive than anyone expected,' said Joel Leja, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State.
The fascinating picture is the latest deep field image taken by the US space agency's new $10 billion (£7.4 billion) observatory, and was analysed by astronomers at the University of Pittsburgh.