NASA’s newest space telescope has notched another milestone with observations of its first rocky world. A little over a year after its launch, the historic James Webb Space Telescope has detected its first rocky exoplanet, and the distinction goes to LHS 475 b – an Earth-sized planet as hot as Venus located just 41 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Octans. Webb’s design process began when scientists had identified only a handful of exoplanets, and the observatory wasn’t tuned to discover alien worlds. However, the telescope’s formidable
WEBB SCORES ITS FIRST ROCKY PLANET CONFIRMATION
Feb 23, 2023
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