James Webb: A $10bn machine in search of the end of darkness
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8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Multi generational space ship.
Maybe we're on one right now and just somehow forgot where we were meant to be going.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Why not both? If humanity does go to the stars, that doesn't mean that we will be completely abandoning the Solar system. People will still want to live here on Earth (or at least near the Sun), even if space travel becomes accessible to the ordinary person.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
That's ok. I've nothing planned for the foreseeable.7 light years to climb those there peaks, happy travels!
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
“The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight.”
www.nasa.gov
Stunning!
Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy - NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop...
www.nasa.gov
Stunning!
editor
hiraethified
Just look at it!“The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight.”
Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy - NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop...
Stunning!
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Stunning images!
ska invita
back on the other side
this is my favourite image(s) of jupiter -
"Jupiter seen by Voyager 1 probe with blue filter. One image was taken every Jupiter day (approximately 10 hours)"
...really brings it to life
"Jupiter seen by Voyager 1 probe with blue filter. One image was taken every Jupiter day (approximately 10 hours)"
...really brings it to life
ska invita
back on the other side
i dont know what it is but these flares really trigger some kind of pineal gland psychedelic reaction in me (a very very gentle one 
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Numbers
an ting!
I was reading about the latest images this morning and was sitting on the balcony here (about 4am) and Jupiter looked stunning with the added imagination and reference of the photos. There’s fuck all light pollution so the sky in general looks absolutely glorious.
Stunning images!
Thistlewaite
Member
This is so cool. I wonder what other treasures we will see. Have any surprises happened yet since launch?
How far has it already travelled?
How far has it already travelled?
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Not sure how far away it is but it's stationary.
Thistlewaite
Member
Sorry, limited knowledge and still learning.
2hats
Dust.
First JWST direct imaging of an exoplanet, the gas giant HIP 65426 b. Imagery at four wavelengths, the parent star (HIP 65426), about 2 solar masses, masked off position indicated by the white star symbol (★).
(The 'bar' features are artefacts of the JWST optics.)
HIP 65426 b is about 6-12 times the mass of Jupiter, and 15-20 million years old (very young), orbiting about 100 AU from the parent star (around 3 times further out than Pluto is from the Sun). The whole system is 109 parsecs away (about 355 Light Years).
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2hats
Dust.
Some nice JWST local neighbourhood snaps: Mars and Neptune.
![Webb’s first images of Mars, captured by its NIRCam instrument Sept. 5, 2022 [Guaranteed Time Observation Program 1415]. Left: Reference map of the observed hemisphere of Mars from NASA and the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Top right: NIRCam image showing 2.1-micron (F212 filter) reflected sunlight, revealing surface features such as craters and dust layers. Bottom right: Simultaneous NIRCam image showing ~4.3-micron (F430M filter) emitted light that reveals temperature differences with latitude and time of day, as well as darkening of the Hellas Basin caused by atmospheric effects. The bright yellow area is just at the saturation limit of the detector. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Mars JWST/GTO team.](https://www.urban75.net/forums/data/attachments/343/343913-b7b0ff80b0ec1e251512b5c45a886a9a.jpg "Webb’s first images of Mars, captured by its NIRCam instrument Sept. 5, 2022 [Guaranteed Time Observation Program 1415]. Left: Reference map of the observed hemisphere of Mars from NASA and the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Top right: NIRCam image showing 2.1-micron (F212 filter) reflected sunlight, revealing surface features such as craters and dust layers. Bottom right: Simultaneous NIRCam image showing ~4.3-micron (F430M filter) emitted light that reveals temperature differences with latitude and time of day, as well as darkening of the Hellas Basin caused by atmospheric effects. The bright yellow area is just at the saturation limit of the detector. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Mars JWST/GTO team.")
www.nasa.gov
New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune’s Rings in Decades
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Ah is that what it was. I noticed a really bright "star" near the moon friday night.
stdP
One Swiss dinosaur in Polly Gosling's anorak hood
A great little article on the "fingerprint" phenomenon observed around a Wolf-Rayet star (the most bonkers sort of stars) WR140 photographed by the JSWT back in july, confirming a theoretical model through observation.
theconversation.com
Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped
The binary star WR140 is surrounded by an astonishing array of nested shells of dust swirling into space.
theconversation.com
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
A great little article on the "fingerprint" phenomenon observed around a Wolf-Rayet star (the most bonkers sort of stars) WR140 photographed by the JSWT back in july, confirming a theoretical model through observation.
Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped
The binary star WR140 is surrounded by an astonishing array of nested shells of dust swirling into space.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Image of star cluster more than 10bn years ago sheds light on early stages of tuniverse
James Webb space telescope brings insight into birth of stars at ‘cosmic noon’ with image of NGC 346 cluster
Nice image
RainbowTown
Well-Known Member
James Webb telescope image dazzles on science birthday
The space observatory delivers a fascinating view of starbirth to mark one year of operations.
www.bbc.co.uk
Indeed, happy first birthday and how wonderful and awe-inspiring its been to see all those fantastic images and glimpses of what lies out there in the Great Beyond...
RainbowTown
Well-Known Member
The final death throes of a Star’s life and “a preview of the Sun’s distant future…”
amp.theguardian.com
www.space.com
Stunning James Webb telescope images show death throes of distant star | James Webb space telescope | The Guardian
High-resolution images from cutting-edge space telescope reveal inner region around central white dwarf
James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail (photos, video)
"We are witnessing the final chapters of a star's life, a preview of the sun's distant future."
www.space.com
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