We are living in an era where scientific
research is backed by technological advances That have enabled us to take massive leaps
in terms of what we know and ever since it Started operating scientists have been making
a lot of intriguing discoveries with the James Webb Space Telescope Webb's first images gave
us a detailed look at the early universe and We've even detected carbon dioxide on an exoplanet
with it some even speculate that James Webb could Be the one to finally solve the mystery of the
elusive dark matter and its cousin dark energy Within a few months of its foray into the cosmos
James Webb has already forced us to sit up and Take into consideration that our well-established
theories about the cosmos could have flaws The most potent telescope in the world at the
moment can do wonders for Science and also give Sleepless nights to the scientists join me as
we explore one of the most shocking discoveries Made by the James Webb Telescope of a distant
Galaxy that is located in two places at once What is this galaxy what does it
tell us about our universe model And what are the next steps that will be taken by
the scientists in light of this bizarre discovery Orbit beyond the blue only in July astronomers
found blast z13 which was the front runner to be The oldest galaxy in the observable universe but
now a new candidate has entered the chat and it Is so far away that it can break the models of our
universe in a pre-print paper released on August 5 Rowan Naidu an astrophysicist based at Harvard's
and smithsonian's jointly operated Center for Astrophysics has detailed another distant Galaxy
candidate from one of jwsd's early release science Programs known as CS 1749 it's an extremely bright
Galaxy that if confirmed would have existed just 220 million years after the big bang and it could
also rewrite our understanding of the cosmos But there's a bloody huge catch CS 1749 could be
one of the most distant galaxies we've ever seen Or it could be lurking much closer to home
essentially the data seems to indicate two Possible places for the Galaxy to be and
we won't know which one is correct without A lot more observation that's how it earned
the title of Schrodinger's Galaxy candidate How can a Galaxy like Schrodinger seem to be in
two different places well it's all about redshift To determine how far away a Galaxy lies
astronomers study wavelengths of light Specifically they're interested in a
phenomenon of light known as redshift In a nutshell light waves leaving distant galaxies
get stretched over time Shifting The Waves down The electromagnetic spectrum and making them more
well red so ultraviolet light leaving a Galaxy Like Schrodinger won't reach Earth as ultraviolet
light instead it will be redshifted down into The infrared which is great for us because
that's just the kind of light web searches for And Weber's various filters looking
at distinct wavelengths of infrared In examining a Galaxy like Schrodinger you
can flick through the wavelengths like you Might flick through a photo album on the first few
pages fewer red wavelengths you won't see a thing
Then as you turn through and the wavelengths
become more red the ghost of a galaxy appears In the most redshifted wavelengths at the back of
the album the Galaxy is a clearly defined object This would also mean we might need to rethink
our models of how galaxies evolved in the Earliest days of the universe galaxies
from that long ago should not be this Bright at least according to the model
we currently use to explain our Cosmos But maybe we don't need to break physics just
yet it might be that schroding is actually a Satellite Galaxy of one of its more massive
neighbors and it could be much closer to us Another group of researchers also studied this
exact same galaxy from the early release data on The same day Jorge Zavala an astrophysicist
at Alma Japan and his team added to the Jwsd data with data from an earth-based
telescopes in the French Alps and Hawaii They came to the conclusion that Schrodinger
might be an imposter masquerading as a high Redshift Galaxy when it's actually a much closer
Gusty Galaxy undergoing rapid star formation Scientists now find themselves in a bind since
the data suggests two potential locations for Schrodinger and no one is yet certain which one
is accurate because further investigation and Observation are still needed in particular
spectroscopy will allow astrophysicists to Scrutinize its redshift more accurately
the only barrier now is time getting Enough time on telescopes around the world
to study Schrodinger and solve the puzzle But hold on Schrodinger is only a part of the
massive image released by Webb the images indicate That massive galaxies were already forming in the
earliest days of the epoch of ionization when the Plasma that evenly filled the early Universe
collapsed into more familiar stars and galaxies Despite its tremendous size and all the ancient
galaxies contained within it the image is just a Tiny slice of the sky atmospheres of exoplanets
that lie in the habitable zone of Their Stars Artificial lights around exoplanets and study
of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are only A few of the several investigations
the super powerful telescope will run Speaking of exoplanets Webb just clicked
the very first image of an exoplanet Astronomers have revealed the first photograph
of an exoplanet taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope jwsd the image occurs the bright blob
of a world seven times heavier than Jupiter that Orbits a star nearly 400 light years away the
groundbreaking result is the latest in a slew of Early exoplanet findings from the telescope and
a test of technologies that will enable direct Imaging of earth-like planets by Future space
telescopes it's exhilarating to say the least To photograph the hot young giant hit 65 426b
jwsd blocked the light of its host star using a Small mask known as a coronagraph this revealed
the orbiting Planet which is thousands of times Fainter like a firefly around the Searchlight hit
65 426b orbits about 100 times farther from its Star than Earth does the sun taking 630 years to
complete an orbit this distance means it's easier
To see the planet against the glare of the star
that coupled with the planet's extreme heat and Brightness it has a scorching temperature
of about 900 Degrees Celsius a fever left Over from its formation just 14 million years ago
which makes it a prime target for direct Imaging I 426b's surface features aren't visible in the
image but Billa said it would probably look banded Like Jupiter with belts caused by variations in
temperature and composition and might have spots In its atmosphere caused by storms or vortices the
giant planet is inhospitable to Life as we know It but it represents a class of large planets
that scientists are eager to learn more about With baited breath for Webb to show as our
Cosmos like never seen before and surely With more discoveries more challenges to the
existing model of the universe will come forward After all what is science if not questioning and
rethinking everything we know but what do I know Beyond the blue
