James Webb Telescope Terrifying Alien Civilization Discovery on Proxima b
The quest to know more about the origin of life and the universe is intriguing and spurs
many innovations.
One of such innovations is the development of the telescope which would be used for studies
and research about space and origin of life.
The James Webb which is set to revolutionize space, and so what do we know about the James
Webb Telescope?
And how powerful is the newly deployed James Webb Telescope?
Find out more in this video, stay tuned!
The JWST is easily the most advanced Telescope ever built by NASA since the organization
began to produce Telescope.
The Telescope was recently launched to replace the obsolete Telescope named . Since it was
launched, we are beginning to see what stuff this telescope is made of.
For starters, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the newly built space telescope
as earlier mentioned it would be used primarily for research about infrared astronomy.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led the development of the telescope
in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
The JWST was launched on 25 December 2021 on an ESA Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French
Guiana.
The JWST is poised to replace the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA's flagship mission in astrophysics.
Interestingly you should ask why the telescope was named James E. Webb??
The telescope was named after James Webb who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to
1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and much of the Apollo programs.
What makes the telescope special??
The JWST has a greatly improved infrared resolution and sensitivity, it is so powerful it could
view objects in space that are too old and distant for Hubble.
It was touted that it could view some objects up to 100 times fainter.
These specifications imply that the telescope would be capable of carrying out several investigations
across many fields including astronomy and cosmology, such as observations of first stars
and the formation of the first galaxies, as well as detailed atmospheric characterization
of potentially habitable exoplanets.
Interestingly, the JWST has a primary mirror which is referred to as Optical Telescope
Element, consisting of 18 hexagonal mirror segments made of gold-plated beryllium which
combine to create a 6.5-meter (21 ft)[20] diameter mirror, compared to Hubble's 2.4
m (7.9 ft).
This gives the Webb telescope a light-collecting area about 6.25[21] times as large as Hubble's:
Webb's collecting area is 25.37 square meters compared to Hubble's 4.0.
Unlike Hubble, which observes in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared (0.1
1.0 ?m) spectra, JWST will observe in a lower frequency range, from long-wavelength visible
light (red) through mid-infrared (0.6 28.3 ?m).
The telescope must be kept extremely cold, below 50 K (?223 C; ?370 F), to observe faint
signals in the infrared without interference from any other sources of warmth.
It is deployed in a solar orbit near the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million kilometers
(930,000 mi) from Earth, where its five-layer kite-shaped sunshield protects it from warming
by the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
But how does this telescope view the planet Proxima B?
The planet Proxima B is part of the group of planets referred to as the exoplanets.
Within the universe, there is a group of planets referred to as exoplanets, they are a group
of planets that are located outside our solar system.
The universe is one big mighty space that is so wide, inside the universe are groups
of solar system consisting of giant stars with planets revolving around them.
For example, our solar system consists of the sun which is the giant star with the planets
including earth revolving around it.
These planets also revolve around their giant stars.
The first exoplanet was detected in1992 and more have been detected.
As of today, 4906 exoplanets have been detected with more still being detected.
But how are these planets discovered?
Well, there are many methods of detecting exoplanets.
But Transit photometry and Doppler spectroscopy are most effective, but these methods suffer
from a clear observational bias favoring the detection of planets near the star; thus,
85% of the exoplanets detected are inside the tidal locking zone.
Of all the 4 thousand plus exoplanets, the only exoplanets that have intrigued scientists
so far have been the Proxima B exoplanets.
The planet has a recent discovery which was discovered in 2016, located about 4 light-years
away from the earth.
It is regarded as the closest exoplanet to the earth.
Proxima b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits an M-type star.
Its mass is 1.27 Earths, it takes 11.2 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is
0.0485 AU from its star.
The planet has intrigued scientists because of its features.
Many scientists within the NASA community strongly believe that the planet has a high
tendency for hosting extraterrestrial life due to its position in the star's habitable
zone.
Whether it is habitable is a complex function of several unknown properties, such as whether
it has an atmosphere.
Proxima Centauri is a flare with intense emission of electromagnetic radiation that could rip
an atmosphere off the planet.
The planet's proximity to Earth offers an opportunity for robotic space exploration,
for example, with the Breakthrough Starshot project.
But because of how far the planet is from us, there is no way we can tell if this planet
could support life and this is where the James Webb Telescope would come into play.
The 21-foot foldable telescope is humanity's latest eye in space.
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In the case of JWST, the vibrant newly built telescope would help scientists understand
the puzzling questions of how we got here and if there are alien lives out there.
It would examine our universe from the angle of molecules, stars, galaxies, black holes,
and planets that populate the universe.
From these studies ingredients necessary for life could easily be established.
The results would help us determine the feasibility of life outside space.
To search for answers, JWST will observe hundreds, maybe thousands of exoplanets before its mission
is done.
It will stare at hellish lava worlds with molten surfaces that whip around their stars
in mere hours.
It will study worlds that somehow survived the violent deaths of their stars and now
orbit their leftover stellar corpses.
It will gaze through the atmospheres of gas giant planets, search for newborn worlds among
the dusty disks that cling to infant stars, and squint at a handful of small, rocky worlds
that just might be similar to Earth.
One of the features that scientists hope to harness is the remarkable power of the James
Webb Telescope to detect artificial light.
LED lights may be detectable from Earth with the powerful James Webb telescope.
The James Webb Space Telescope will have a wider spectrum view than its predecessor Hubble
and operate further out from the Earth, at a solar orbit 930,000 miles from the Earth
it would be able to see deep into the universe.
James Webb would be able to detect the narrowband light that is reminiscent of LED bulbs.
Which in turn would be able to characterize the atmosphere of the planet.
Doing so will allow researchers to use instruments on the observatory to detect how much energy
transport occurs on the planet and then perform calculations of light curves to determine
whether they match those of an LED light source.
Researchers believe if we are going to finally crack the puzzle of life in space, the detection
of artificial light, especially in Proxima B, could be pivotal.
Already scientists have reasons to believe life could exist there as the planet has the
following characteristics.
Composition: it is rocky and a similar size to Earth.
Temperature: It lies in the 'habitable zone' of its star, which means there could be liquid
water on its surface - a key ingredient for alien life.
The temperature on the surface of the planet could be between -90 and 30 Celsius (-130
and 86 Fahrenheit).
Atmosphere: If Proxima B has an atmosphere, the simple ingredients - water, carbon dioxide,
and rock - that are needed for the formation of biochemical cycles that we call life, could
all be present and interacting on the planet's surface.
But the problem is 'Proxima b is tidally locked and as it has a permanent day and nightside,
if there were to be any civilization over there, they may have to illuminate the nightside
using mirrors launched into orbit or placed at strategic points,
'In that case, the lights shining onto the permanent nightside should be extremely powerful,
and thus more likely to be detected with JWST.'
But what do you think about this planet?
Do you believe the James Webb Telescope would capture the much anticipated artificial light?
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