The James Webb Space Telescope allowed astronomers to see things they couldn’t explain. At least, not yet. In new research(opens in new tab) from Webb — the most powerful space observatory ever built — astronomers spent 50 hours peering into the deepest cosmos, and saw some of the first galaxies form, more than 13 billion … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a carbon molecule thought to be a cornerstone of interstellar chemistry in a planet-forming disk of gas and dust around a young star, a recent study reports. JWST found the carbon compound methyl cation (CH3+) in a protoplanetary disk system called d203-506, which is about 1,350 light-years … Read more
The stars can no longer hide behind the light from feeding the massive black hole in the infant universe. With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected starlight from two early galaxies that host supermassive black holes, or quasars, for the first time. The findings could help scientists better understand … Read more
27 In new data collected by the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has — for the first time — found a carbon molecule inside a star’s protoplanetary disk located in the Orion Nebula. The molecule, called a methyl cation (CH3+), is a bit unusual. The … Read more
Science and Exploration 26/06/2023 18329 views 90 like An international team of scientists used data collected by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect a molecule [1] known as methyl cation (CH3+) for the first time, found in the protoplanetary disc surrounding a young star. They accomplished this work through a cross-disciplinary expert review, … Read more