WELL! You must be tired of hearing that James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will revolutionize the study of the universe. So it’s time for you to SEE the impact JWST in the study of galaxies, stars and the formation of the universe. OUR NASA posted a comparison between the image James Webb and the Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003 and decommissioned in January 2020.

Comparison shows the quality of JWST equipment

OUR NASA published a comparison of the two telescopes on the official blog James Webb. The two images show part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is part of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy system. OUR American space agency did not reveal the date the Spitzer image was taken, but development began in the 1980s.

In the first image, a complete comparison, and in the second photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud is approximate. In addition to making the stars (illuminated dots) more clearly visible, James Webb captures interstellar gases with better quality. This gas cloud, formed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, is considered one of the pillars of the creation of life and will be fundamental to the understanding of planets and stars.

Credits: Disclosure/NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CSA/STScl.

James Webb: years from production to release

project James Webb telescope was developed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in collaboration with European and Canadian space agencies. It was originally supposed to be launched in 2007. But some problems delayed the launch of the model, one of them was the high cost of production of the James Webb telescope, which was increasing more and more and back in 2005 made Engineers rethink the original design.

In 2016, the telescope was declared ready, but its project was again put on hold due to construction difficulties and remained so until 2019, when it was finally assembled. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been more delays until NASA finally scheduled for release on December 18, 2021.

With it, researchers will be able to observe even more things from space, being able to see some of the oldest galaxies in the universe and other celestial bodies such as black holes.

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Via: Space Source: NASA