James Webb Space Telescope sends back pictures of Mars!

NASA declared that the James Webb space telescope captured blinding ifrared light from Mars.

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NASA further stated that the new images will help in the study of the red planet.

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The telescope was so sensitive that the astronomers had to make adjustments to prevent the blinding lights from saturating the detectors of the telescope.

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Some images show the rings of Huygens crater, the dark volcanic rock of Syrtis Major.

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The Hellas Basin is a lower altitude and therefore experience higher pressure.

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The higher pressure leads to the suppression of the thermal emission at the particular wavelength range (4.1-4.4 microns)

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It will be very interesting to tease apart these competing effects in these data.

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The researchers are preparing a paper they will submit to a scientific journal to peer review and publication.

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Webb can capture spectra and images with spectral resolution needed to study short term phenomena like dust storms.

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