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New photos taken by James Webb, the next-generation space telescope, have been released.
Water in the form of water vapor has also been discovered on exoplanets, and the scientific community around the world is excited that "the way we see space will change."
This is reporter Jung Gu-hee.
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This is a new picture of the Carina Nebula taken by the James Webb Telescope.
The largest and brightest nebula in the night sky, it lies about 7,600 light-years from Earth.
James Webb's outstanding performance revealed the detailed structure of the nebula and even stars previously hidden from view by the nebula.
[Amber Stron/NASA scientist: The surprising thing is that the data gave us depth and texture, and we were able to see hundreds of stars we had never seen before.]
NASA is a small galaxy Photos were also released.
It is a group of small galaxies called 'Stephan's Quintet' in the vicinity of the constellation Pegasus. Four of the five small galaxies move closer to each other due to gravity and then move away from each other repeatedly.
Water in the form of water vapor has been discovered on an exoplanet 1,150 light-years away.
James Webb's infrared observation performance is very good, which can be used to analyze even the composition of the planet's atmosphere.
Because water vapor absorbs certain wavelengths of infrared radiation, analyzing the wavelengths of infrared radiation from the planet can reveal what components are present.
Scientists are focusing on finding water on exoplanets because if water exists, extraterrestrial life may exist.
It is an evaluation that the outstanding observation performance of James Webb has been proven once again through the photos and the results of planetary atmosphere analysis.