10 Amazing Discoveries By NASA's James Webb Telescope

Zee Media Bureau
Jul 18, 2023

Exoplanet WASP-39b

Webb has studied a planet called WASP-39b which is very far from Earth. The planet is very different from Earth and has a lot of water in its atmosphere

Webb's First Image

Webb took a very clear picture of the sky with many galaxies in it. The picture shows a group of galaxies called SMACS 0723

Detailed Image Of Saturn

Webb spent hours taking pictures of Saturn, the second-biggest planet in our solar system

Pillars Of Creation

Webb took a new picture of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula with infrared light and saw many new stars inside the clouds

Exoplanet

Webb also took a picture of a planet outside our solar system. The planet is called HIP 65426 b and was found in 2017

Phantom Galaxy

Webb took a picture of a galaxy that is hard to see with other telescopes. The galaxy is called M74 and has a bright center and spiral arm

Wolf-Rayet Star

Webb took a picture of a very hot and bright star. The star is called a Wolf-Rayet star and has a special pattern around it

Discovering Most Distant Galaxies

Webb has seen the four oldest galaxies ever and the most farthest away from us. Webb saw them as they were about 13.4 billion years ago

Colliding galaxies

Webb can see things that other telescopes can't because it uses infrared light. Webb saw two galaxies that are crashing into each other

Revealing Jupiter's 'Invisible Rings'

Webb took new pictures of Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system. The pictures show Jupiter's thin rings, small moons, and bright lights

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