10-01-2018, 05:39 AM
I also think that it is very unlikely that this JWST could "look back in time" at the early galaxies, but NASA is full of surprises so who knows for sure. They may be making a stretch though, they could mean that they could make some sort of educated guess as to what exactly occurred at the big bang. The part of the article that talks about measuring chemical imbalances in distant planets atmospheres is very interesting. This seems to be a very useful feature that the JWST has. Finding alien life would be an incredible discovery, and this method seems to be the best option as of right now.