This $10 billion telescope is an engineering marvel that took more than two decades to design and build.
Last summer, Webb acquired new detailed photographs of the gas giant Jupiter. The magnificent images showcase Jupiter's faint rings, tiny moons, and auroras shining brightly at both poles. The famed Red Spot, a large whirling storm, can also be seen in exquisite detail. Webb's Jupiter observations will provide scientists with much more information about Jupiter's atmosphere and surface conditions.
's James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022 was that of a Wolf-Rayet star. In an advanced stage of stellar evolution, Wolf-Rayet stars lose mass at a rapid rate. However, not all stars go through a short Wolf-Rayet phase before exploding, thus making them hard to detect and study. Webb's infrared instruments were able to capture star WR 124, located in the constellation Sagitta, about 15,000 light years away.
's Infrared Astronomical Satellite had found the mysterious ring structure that surrounds Fomalhaut in 1983. And after decades, Webb was finally able to observe the structure of two inner belts in unprecedented details for the first time ever.
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