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The James Webb Space Telescope continues to impress scientists: an overview of some of this year's major observations

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The new space James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is 100 times more powerful than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope. the orbiting infrared observatory delivers spectacular images from space, continuing to inspire scientists around the world and contribute to discoveries in the field of understanding the Universe. Read about some of the most interesting observations of Webb's images published in 2023, UNN reports.

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The clearest image of the ring nebula

This summer, the JWST acquired a historic image of the distant Universe. According to NASA, the ring nebula is an excellent example of a planetary nebula, which includes an expanding shell of hot gas ejected by a star at the end of its life. At the end of its life, the ring nebula displays beautiful colors and details that were once thought to be "simple round objects with a single dying star in the center," says Roger Wesson of Cardiff University of Cardiff.

Phantom galaxy

The James Webb Space James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists see the Phantom Galaxy, or M74, better than ever before.Located about 32 million light-years from Earth, M74 has spiral arms years from Earth, M74 has spiral arms that are clearly defined compared to the more the more irregular structures of some other galaxies.

Farthest black hole

In November. astronomers discovered the most distant black hole ever detected, located about 13.2 billion light-years from Earth in the the UHZ1 galaxy.

Study of storms

Observations. Webb has provided new weather data on Jupiter's storms and more clues about the global ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Detailed images

In one of the previous image releases of the year, NASA shared new images of Uranus taken by JWST, with incredible detail of all 13 rings and the polar region. Even the elusive ring of Zeta was visible to Webb's extremely sensitive instruments.

Supernova in the the galaxy MRG-M0138.

JWST has detected the remnant of a supernova, Cassiopeia A, located inside the Cassiopeia constellation. According to NASA, the image covers 10 light-years. The high-resolution image image reveals the intricate details of the expanding shell of material that crashes into the gas emitted by the star before it explodes

Astronomers have also used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a carbon molecule, known as a methyl cation, in a young star system in the Orion Nebula, also known as the Orion band.

According to the European Space Agency (ESA), this molecule is important because it helps to form more complex carbon-based molecules.

Recall

Earlier, UNN reported that the Webb Space Telescope showed an impressive close-up photo of 50 stars.

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