The James Webb Telescope spots its first supernova - Interesting Engineering

7/31/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Loukia Papadopoulos
by Loukia Papadopoulos
Although JWST was not engineered to spot supernovas, it managed to do so.
"Primarily, it's exciting because we have shown that we're able to find and detect new transients with Webb, which was something that JWST is not designed to do," continued Engesser. "But it's one of… [+758 chars]
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