Life in outer space has long been an enigmatic topic for humankind. There is almost no hope for planets in our solar system. On the other hand, studying exoplanets - planets outside the solar system - also challenges the limits of the technology we have developed, at least until now. Some studies have been conducted on exoplanets in recent decades, and one isrevealed to have an atmosphere similar to the one of the Earth.
And now, James Webb Telescope is one crucial step closer to providing us with the best information about the potentiality of life in exoplanets, according to NASA.
NASA's Ames Research Center, based in California's Silicon Valley, is planning to conduct a research about exoplanets by using James Webb Space Telescope in a world first. Naturally, as the planet scope in the study broadens, so does the diversity. "The diversity of planets we've discovered within the galaxy far exceeds the diversity of planets within our own solar system," said Natasha Batalha, who is a co-investigator on several Webb programs and a research scientist at Ames. "In our solar system, we have the inner rocky worlds and outer gas planets – but the most common exoplanets we see are actually in between."
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