A New View of Exoplanets With NASA's Upcoming Webb Telescope
Release date: May 29, 2019
Webb will study exoplanets in wavelengths they've never been seen in before.
The James Webb Space Telescope will open a new window on exoplanets, planets around other suns. With its keen infrared vision, Webb will observe them in wavelengths where they have never been studied before. One of the telescope's first observation programs is to look at young, newly formed exoplanets and the systems they inhabit. Scientists will use all four of Webb's instruments to observe three targets: A recently discovered exoplanet; an object that is either an exoplanet or a brown dwarf; and a well-studied ring of dust and planetesimals orbiting a young star. Webb will be vital for understanding how these objects form, and what these systems are like. These observations are part of a program that allows the astronomical community to quickly learn how best to use Webb's capabilities, while also yielding robust science.
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