The James Webb telescope (JWST) could reveal the existence of extra-terrestrial life forms in space, a scientist who helped to develop the observatory has said.
Martin Barstow, professor of astrophysics and space science at the University of Leicester, has worked in the mission’s operations centre for the past seven years.
He told the PA news agency: “We will learn about the origins of the universe and how life came about and possibly, although we can’t guarantee, about other life in our galaxy as well.”
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