NASA's James Webb space telescope has detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time.
, but James Webb has also provided some amazing looks at our early universe in its first images. Now, though, NASA says that James Webb has even detected carbon dioxide on an exoplanet. Something NASA says bodes well for other planetary detections, too.Image source: ASA, ESA, CSA, and L. Hustak ; Science: The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Teamon its website earlier this week. James Webb detected carbon dioxide on the exoplanet WASP 39-b.
See, James Webb observes the universe through infrared light—a spectrum that we as humans can’t see. And, because different gasses change color with the light, it allows James Webb to detect carbon dioxide, among other things, within the planet’s atmosphere.
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