8 Fascinating Discoveries of the James Webb Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day 2021 .

It is the largest optical telescope ever sent to space, weighing around six tonnes and costing 10 billion .

Using infrared light, the James Webb telescope can look further back in time than ever previously possible.

It also allows for scientists to see through dust clouds and see the stars forming inside.

In November of 2022 , it captured a phenomenal image of the birth of a new star.

The James Webb Telescope captured the first evidence of carbon dioxide in an atmosphere outside our solar system.

In November 2022 , new readings from the telescope provided an even more extensive list of what makes up an exoplanet's atmosphere, including atoms, molecules, active chemistry, and clouds.

This type of data will go a long way to help scientists better understand the speed at which supermassive black holes feed and grow.

The image of the Pillars of Creation was released in October of 20/22 .

HIP 65426 is the very first exoplanet outside of our solar system that the James Webb telescope has taken a direct image of.