Webb got just such a chemical spectrum of WASP-96b, revealing that the atmosphere is rich in water, the key ingredient for life as we know it.
“What you’re seeing here is a telltale signature the chemical fingerprint of water vapor in the atmosphere of this specific exoplanet,” said Webb deputy project scientist Knicole Colón.
The Webb scientists choose the five targets as a sort of sample group of the kinds of objects the telescope will be targeting over the years.
The Southern Ring nebula representing stellar death; SMACS 0723 a test of deep field imaging; the Carina Nebula a stellar nursery in which millions of stars are being born all are the target of Webb telescope for upcoming year.