OT James Webb Space Telescope Updates
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There’s a whole galaxy hidden in the new picture!
Webb Accidentally Spied a Stunning Side View of a Galaxy in Its First Image Drop
If you're still geeking out over the first release of full-color James Webb Space Telescope images, you're not alone.
www.sciencealert.com
As amazing as the images are, the one that got my attention the most of the "First Five" was the spectroscopic data from WASP-96b's atmosphere (from 1150 light years away!). With this technology, it won't be long till we identify exoplanets in their habitable zone with water in the atmosphere.
This is all just the start. Can't wait to see what's next.
This is all just the start. Can't wait to see what's next.
Same here. But we are assuming alien life is like us and requires liquid water and warmth.
James Webb Telescope glitch had NASA engineers completely freaking out: 'It was very serious'
NASA engineers believed that the project that cost billions of dollars may have been doomed.
SIAP. This is awesome, at first glance the most spectacular of the pictures released so far.
www.space.com
James Webb Space Telescope's stunning 'Phantom Galaxy' picture looks like a wormhole
The telescope is 'new, different, and exciting' for Judy Schmidt, who has been working with space images for a decade.
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An interview with the director of the James Webb telescope program. It is... unique.
www.yahoo.com
James Webb Space Telescope Program director credits segregated schools for his success: 'Some of the best teachers in the world'
Fresh off the release of awe-inspiring photos from the James Webb Space Telescope, program director Gregory Robinson visited "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah" on Tuesday.
WOW. Picking up the images of the heated dust definitely adds an amazing spin from prior images.SIAP. This is awesome, at first glance the most spectacular of the pictures released so far.
James Webb Space Telescope's stunning 'Phantom Galaxy' picture looks like a wormhole
The telescope is 'new, different, and exciting' for Judy Schmidt, who has been working with space images for a decade.
Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy | Quanta Magazine
In the days after the mega-telescope started delivering data, astronomers reported new discoveries about galaxies, stars, exoplanets and even Jupiter.
www.quantamagazine.org
Off topic, but is the International Space Station coming to an end?
news.yahoo.com
Russia’s withdrawal from the International Space Station could mean the early demise of the orbital lab – and sever another Russian link with the West
Editors note: On July 26, 2022, Russia announced its plan to withdraw from the International Space Station “after 2024.” This article was published on that same day based on the statement from the head of Russia’s space agency. But since then, Russia appears to have changed its stance. A video...
That's a great article and many of the findings makes my head spin. I simply can't find a way to comprehend some of time, size, and distance measures.Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy | Quanta Magazine
In the days after the mega-telescope started delivering data, astronomers reported new discoveries about galaxies, stars, exoplanets and even Jupiter.
For example:
thousands of galaxies in a pinprick-size portion of the sky
light emitted 400 million years after the Big Bang
1 billion times the mass of our sun
a galaxy 24 million light-years away ("what is 140,990,139,648,000,000,000 miles Alex")
There's no place like home.
Four revelations from the Webb telescope about distant galaxies
Astronomers are rapidly analysing spectacular snapshots of the faraway Universe.
www.nature.com
The James Webb Space Telescope is on the hunt for the universe's 1st-ever supermassive black holes
The James Webb Space Telescope can't see supermassive black holes directly, but that doesn't mean astronomers can't use its data to better understand the mysterious behemoths.
Interesting. It's a bit of a way off, and it's going to be land based.
After all the stunning details and the numbers in billions and light years surrounding JW, this sounds quite exciting. I just hope I'm still around.
"While no firm date for its completion has been noted, commissioning is expected to begin in the late 2020s."
"Seven adaptive secondary mirrors can reshape the two-millimeter-thick surface 2,000 times per second to correct for the optical blurring effect of Earth’s atmosphere over the widest field of view of any telescope."
Average density of the universe is roughly 5.9 protons per cubic meter.
Hmmm, doing some quick maths, the mass of an infinitely large universe is ... infinite. Did I do that right?
Since the ongoing JWST data analysis lags significantly behind the actual observations, found this feed interesting since it seems to document the objects of observation a bit closer to real time...was unsure how to capture the account as a whole, so just picked the most recent entry as an example:
Webb images of Jupiter show auroras, rings, moons – Spaceflight Now
spaceflightnow.com
A giant space tarantula has been caught by NASA's Webb telescope | CNN
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed more details about star formation in 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula.
www.cnn.com
Astronomers “Blown Away” by First Breathtaking Webb Space Telescope Images of Orion Nebula
New Webb pictures reveal spectacular view of Orion Nebula James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has again demonstrated its incredible power by capturing the most detailed and sharpest images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula. This stellar nursery is situated in the constellation Orion
scitechdaily.com
Fascinating article about the science of interpreting the Webb data.
www.nature.com
‘Bit of panic’: Astronomers forced to rethink early Webb telescope findings
Revised instrument calibrations are bedevilling work on the distant Universe.
www.nature.com
I had similar thoughts watching the DART mission. If we really needed the planetary defense, could NASA get the thing off the ground?
But if the universe had a beginning (Big Bang) then it cannot be infinite. Right? (Unless it transcends logic)
Good stuff. I had thought, though, that all the intensity/brightness calibration stuff was being done in advance of the release of first public images in July. I wonder why it wasn't...Fascinating article about the science of interpreting the Webb data.
‘Bit of panic’: Astronomers forced to rethink early Webb telescope findings
Revised instrument calibrations are bedevilling work on the distant Universe.
Hubble's 1995 image of a star nursery was amazing. Take a look at NASA's new version
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured NASA's most detailed image of the Pillars of Creation that is helping scientists better understand how stars form.
www.npr.org
Compare Webb image of Carina Nebula to the coast of Algeria
James Webb telescope finds two of the oldest and most distant galaxies ever seen
Nasa says space telescope is finding previously hidden early galaxies, including one that may have formed 350m years after the big bang
www.theguardian.com
James Webb telescope captures the hidden features of a young protostar
James Webb telescope reveals the once-hidden features of a very young protostar within the dark cloud L1527.
www.engadget.com
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