NASA telescope points its lens towards the “Solar System 2.0”

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), through the James Webb Space Telescopelook towards the immensity in the search for information that confirms that we are not the only beings in the universe.

One of the research areas is theSolar System 2.0″, which is made up of seven worlds, apparently all rocky, orbiting a massive star not similar to our Sun.

For now, there is no finding of life in this stellar region. However, the lenses were barely pointed towards this place, to look for elements that would make us know more details about its formation.

James Webb: look at the “Solar System 2.0″

According to experts, the star that commands this planetary system is an ultracold dwarf, called by this term the stars that have less mass compared to the Sun and with lower temperatures.

These characteristics mean that it can only house planets that go in sizes from Mercury to Earth at most. Very different from what happens to our Solar System in which we have two gas giants.

The star in question is about 39.13 light-years away from Earth and seven rocks are known to orbit it.

NASA scientists will apply the instrument James Webb’s NIR Spec to observe the signatures of molecules such as methane, carbon dioxide or oxygen. If any of this is found, we would be in the presence of possible life on another planet.

This planetary system is called TRAPPIST-1 and the focus attempts to specifically visualize the atmosphere of WASP-39b, a planet similar to Earth in size and at a distance over what scientists call “habitable”.

Scientists say that “it will take multiple observations with James Webb to accumulate the signals we need, and with the longevity of the telescope we will be able to keep revisiting and learning more.”.