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JWST (James Webb Telescope) First Image Coming TODAY!

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Jul 10, 2022 Jul 10, 2022

LATE BREAKING NEWS:  Nasa is releasing the first photo TODAY, Monday July 11, 2022.  President Joe Biden is presenting it at a White House briefing scheduled for 5:00 PM (Eastern Time), 9:00 PM (GMT). 

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

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As a teaser, early images captured during calibration & testing routines.  The Spitzer space telescope was good but nothing like this.

 

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An image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensor reveals hundreds of distant galaxies. (Image credit: NASA, CSA, and FGS team)An image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensor reveals hundreds of distant galaxies. (Image credit: NASA, CSA, and FGS team)

“The thing’s hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God!—it’s full of stars!”

Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

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Jul 10, 2022 Jul 10, 2022

NASA will unveil the first science-quality images from its next-generation James Webb Space Telescope  on Tuesday (July 12). You can watch the event live on Space.com courtesy of NASA beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-first-photos

 

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Jul 11, 2022 Jul 11, 2022

Oo exciting and cool. Thanks for sharing! But why are there dark spots on the stars? I'm pretty sure those aren't black holes.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 12, 2022 Jul 12, 2022

The early photos had black spot artifacts caused by dithering.  The telescope moved slightly between exposures.  The photos released today have no such artifacts.

https://www.nasa.gov/

 

Cosmic Cliffs:

Glittering Landscape of Star BirthGlittering Landscape of Star Birth

 

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Community Expert ,
Jul 16, 2022 Jul 16, 2022

I keep coming back to the images from JWST over and over - they're absolutely mind-boggling!

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Community Expert ,
Jul 17, 2022 Jul 17, 2022

Q: If the universe is 13.8 billion years old, how come our space telescopes can detect light from 30-40 billion light years away?  

 

A: Spacetime is expanding.  Distant stars are traveling away from us.  Their light moves like an ant walking on the surface of an inflating balloon. 

 

Source: Forbes, simulation of expanding universeSource: Forbes, simulation of expanding universe

 

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Jul 17, 2022 Jul 17, 2022

Wow!!!! Truly amazing. When I was 12 I wanted to be an astronaut and fly to Mars haha. I wrote a letter to NASA and they sent me a photo of the surface of Mars. I still absolutely love this stuff. Just mind-boggling. Here's a hypothetical lava planet I painted:

1-Lava-Planet-Viewed-From-an-Angle-on-its-Moon.jpg

 

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Community Expert ,
Jul 17, 2022 Jul 17, 2022

Scary.

 

Skyscraper-size asteroid will blaze past Earth in a close approach Sunday

https://www.livescience.com/asteroid-2022-ky4-close-approach

 

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Jul 20, 2022 Jul 20, 2022

Flying to the Mars is not good:

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Community Expert ,
Jul 21, 2022 Jul 21, 2022

This is amazing!  Sit back and take a quick journey into deep, deep space.

For best experience, expand your desktop browser (F11) and view in Full Screen Mode (F). 

Enjoy!

 

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Jul 21, 2022 Jul 21, 2022

Wow, wow, wow - words escape me !

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Jul 27, 2022 Jul 27, 2022

Did you see the credits? SKYNET is real! The terminator is coming… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)

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Jul 27, 2022 Jul 27, 2022

😄

 

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Dec 18, 2024 Dec 18, 2024
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 I'm pretty sure those aren't black holes.

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