{"id":415383,"date":"2022-03-11T20:50:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-nasas-new-telescope-can-see-back-in-time-and-you-can-do-it-too\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T20:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:50:42","slug":"how-nasas-new-telescope-can-see-back-in-time-and-you-can-do-it-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nasas-new-telescope-can-see-back-in-time-and-you-can-do-it-too\/","title":{"rendered":"#How NASA\u2019s new telescope can see back in time \u2013 and you can do it too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407e6464d35\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nasas-new-telescope-can-see-back-in-time-and-you-can-do-it-too\/#%E2%80%9CHow_NASAs_new_telescope_can_see_back_in_time_%E2%80%93_and_you_can_do_it_too%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How NASA\u2019s new telescope can see back in time \u2013 and you can do it too&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nasas-new-telescope-can-see-back-in-time-and-you-can-do-it-too\/#How_will_the_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_look_back_in_time\" >How will the James Webb Space Telescope look back in time?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-nasas-new-telescope-can-see-back-in-time-and-you-can-do-it-too\/#How_you_can_look_back_in_time\" >How you can look back in time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_NASAs_new_telescope_can_see_back_in_time_%E2%80%93_and_you_can_do_it_too%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How NASA\u2019s new telescope can see back in time \u2013 and you can do it too&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NASA\u2019S James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever built.<\/p>\n<p>It should give us unprecedented views of the universe and will technically be able to look back in time.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-will-the-james-webb-space-telescope-look-back-in-time\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_will_the_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_look_back_in_time\"><\/span>How will the James Webb Space Telescope look back in time?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Webb is the biggest and most complex telescope of its kind, fitted with all sorts of sophisticated kit.<\/p>\n<p>Its aim is to uncover the hidden depths of our universe, peering at faint light of early stars and galaxies created after the Big Bang some 250 million years.<\/p>\n<p>The kit will be able to see through dense dust clouds that cover distant planets.<\/p>\n<p>Getting past this could help point towards life, but experts doubt we\u2019ll actually find aliens with it.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018time-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing\u2019 aspect of the James Webb telescope is all to do with how long it takes light to travel through the universe.<\/p>\n<p>As it takes a really long time for light to travel we can essentially look way back in time from when stars and planets were formed after the Big Bang.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Head of the European Space Agency (ESA) bureau in Kourou, Charlotte Beskow poses at The Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana on November 5, 2021, where the James Webb Space Telescope is being tested and verified in the S5 Payload Preparation Facility (EPCU-S5) ahead of a scheduled launch on December 18.\" class=\"wp-image-21495064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Head of the European Space Agency (ESA) bureau in Kourou, Charlotte Beskow poses at The Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana on November 5, 2021, where the James Webb Space Telescope is being tested and verified in the S5 Payload Preparation Facility (EPCU-S5) ahead of a scheduled launch on December 18.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The light that reaches the James Webb space telescope may have traveled millions of miles from a star that no longer exists.<\/p>\n<p>If we use the telescope to look far enough into the distance, light from close to the beginning of the universe will be visible.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists think some parts of the universe will be impossible to see.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the universe is thought to be expanding so some light sources are constantly moving away from us.<\/p>\n<p>That means that light may never be able to reach the James Webb Space Telescope.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s hoped that the telescope will teach us about how the universe is expanding.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope November 2, 2016 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.\" class=\"wp-image-21495054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope November 2, 2016 at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Astronomers suspect this process is driven by something called \u2018dark energy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The James Webb telescope should be able to image stars so accurately that it can measure the dark space in between them.<\/p>\n<p>Checking on these measurements could determine how fast the stars are moving apart and therefore how fast the whole universe is expanding.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-you-can-look-back-in-time\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_you_can_look_back_in_time\"><\/span>How you can look back in time<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-14.png?w=1024\" alt=\"The telescope has now reached its final position.\" class=\"wp-image-21495052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-14.png?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-14.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/james-webb-space-telescope-14.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The telescope has now reached its final position.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You\u2019re technically looking back in time every time you look at the Moon or catch a glimpse of the Sun.<\/p>\n<p>Light from the Sun takes 8.3 minutes\u00a0to reach Earth.<\/p>\n<p>If the Sun were to suddenly dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear, you wouldn\u2019t notice for 8.3 minutes because its light would still be appearing on Earth after it had gone.<\/p>\n<p>The same happens when you look at the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>The lunar surface is around 23,6121 miles away from Earth so it takes 1.3 seconds for light to travel from the Moon to observers on our planet.<\/p>\n<p>When you look at the Moon you\u2019re not seeing it in the present but actually what it looked like 1.3 seconds before.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally appeared <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4859854\/how-nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-looks-back-time\/\">on The Sun<\/a> 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