James Webb telescope images!

[NewOrleans]

Biden got to unveil one, but tomorrow we get to see: “The first batch will reveal the fine details of star formation, an exoplanet's atmosphere, a cluster of galaxies and a planetary nebula”

www.axios.com/2022/07/11/first-nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-photos-biden

images will be here: www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages

[Jalapeñomel]

Whoa.

[meganew]

It sounds like I’m being sarcastic but I’m really not- is this when we learn about aliens?

[AAM2012]

That’s beautiful!

[NewOrleans]

Jul 11, 2022 19:48:27 GMT -5 meganew said:

It sounds like I’m being sarcastic but I’m really not- is this when we learn about aliens?

❤️

[pixy0stix]

Jul 11, 2022 19:48:27 GMT -5 meganew said:

It sounds like I’m being sarcastic but I’m really not- is this when we learn about aliens?

I feel like the government has been leading up to this the last couple of years, confirming ufos, etc.

[NewOrleans]

Jul 11, 2022 20:28:51 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jul 11, 2022 19:48:27 GMT -5 meganew said:

It sounds like I’m being sarcastic but I’m really not- is this when we learn about aliens?

I feel like the government has been leading up to this the last couple of years, confirming ufos, etc.

We will just colonize them 😒

[Deleted]

Jul 11, 2022 19:48:27 GMT -5 meganew said:

It sounds like I’m being sarcastic but I’m really not- is this when we learn about aliens?

I mean, if it is, it will be us learning about aliens that lived 13.6 billion years ago.

[minzy]

So cool! I look forward to seeing more tomorrow.

[sequins]

Is each of those little spirals in the first picture a galaxy? Like whoa, how small are we!!!!!

[shauni27]

it really trips me out to think about the vastness of space and that it never ends and how many galaxies and universes there are. Like, if I think about it too much I could end up rocking in a ball in the corner of the room.

But it really is amazing to see these pictures.

[NewOrleans]

Jul 11, 2022 23:16:37 GMT -5 sequins said:

Is each of those little spirals in the first picture a galaxy? Like whoa, how small are we!!!!!

Yes! This article explains what the picture shows

www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/07/11/far-out-nasa-space-telescopes-1st-cosmic-view-goes-deep.html

[wawa]

Jul 12, 2022 7:35:14 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

it really trips me out to think about the vastness of space and that it never ends and how many galaxies and universes there are. Like, if I think about it too much I could end up rocking in a ball in the corner of the room.

But it really is amazing to see these pictures.

I love it.  

Everything you can imagine, no matter how unlikely, has the potential to exist or have existed out there. IT'S SO COOL.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 11, 2022 20:42:37 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

Jul 11, 2022 20:28:51 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I feel like the government has been leading up to this the last couple of years, confirming ufos, etc.

We will just colonize them 😒

What if we're already the aliens and we have already colonized the planets? We're just some backwater outpost that the original colonizers forgot.

[Vespasia]

I'm really excited about this! The institute is local to us and a few years ago one of the leads did a beer and science lecture on space photography. It was really fascinating and we left there with a bunch of Hubble images I keep meaning to frame and hang. 

An acquaintance of ours worked on it and vowed to stay sober from launch day until this release. He's having a big party tonight.

[shauni27]

Jul 12, 2022 8:38:01 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jul 11, 2022 20:42:37 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

We will just colonize them 😒

What if we're already the aliens and we have already colonized the planets? We're just some backwater outpost that the original colonizers forgot.

I want this to be a book.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 12, 2022 9:08:56 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Jul 12, 2022 8:38:01 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

What if we're already the aliens and we have already colonized the planets? We're just some backwater outpost that the original colonizers forgot.

I want this to be a book.

I swear I've read something like this. LOL! After a while, all the "human's colonize planets" get all muddled together.

[Bad Dingo]

The picture was so cool, but it didn't really hit me until I was listening to NPR this morning and hearing the nerds geeking out. It made it all that more amazing. It really puts all of the little annoyances in life in perspective when you think about the vastness of EVERYTHING.

[shauni27]

Jul 12, 2022 9:11:40 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jul 12, 2022 9:08:56 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I want this to be a book.

I swear I've read something like this. LOL! After a while, all the "human's colonize planets" get all muddled together.

related, if you have not read Project Hail Mary, I think you would love it!

[neverfstop]

From cnn
This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI)

[neverfstop]

Today, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies, in a new light. This enormous mosaic is Webb’s largest image to date, covering about one-fifth of the Moon’s diameter. It contains over 150 million pixels and is constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files. The information from Webb provides new insights into how galactic interactions may have driven galaxy evolution in the early universe. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI)

[neverfstop]

This side-by-side comparison shows observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and mid-infrared light, at right, from NASA’s Webb Telescope. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI)

[mskitkat]

Jul 12, 2022 10:35:43 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

From cnn
This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI)

I need a gorgeous glossy framed print of this.

[NewOrleans]

EEEEEEH!

😍🤩😍🤩

[NewOrleans]

At my NASA link in the OP you can learn more details about each image (ex: the “peaks” are 7 light years high?!) and compare images taken of the same thing by Hubble.

[bernsteincat]

Jul 12, 2022 8:27:10 GMT -5 wawa said:

Jul 12, 2022 7:35:14 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

it really trips me out to think about the vastness of space and that it never ends and how many galaxies and universes there are. Like, if I think about it too much I could end up rocking in a ball in the corner of the room.

But it really is amazing to see these pictures.

I love it.  

Everything you can imagine, no matter how unlikely, has the potential to exist or have existed out there. IT'S SO COOL.

This is me, too. I would much rather ponder the vastness of space than the oppressiveness of the deepest parts of the ocean. Lol.

[bernsteincat]

Also, I am really pleased at how they are sharing the Hubble images along with these new ones. It makes it so clear how far technology has come. I love space so much.

[lostrn]

Jul 12, 2022 9:08:56 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Jul 12, 2022 8:38:01 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

What if we're already the aliens and we have already colonized the planets? We're just some backwater outpost that the original colonizers forgot.

I want this to be a book.

Anne McCaffrey and the Pern series is kinda along those lines lol

[msmerymac]

I have a friend who is an astrophysicist who used to work on a survey including the cluster that was revealed in the photo yesterday, and one cool thing is that those colors are not the real colors. JWST is an IR telescope, which is a wavelength of light we can't see with our eyes. So astronomers have picked colors to correspond to different IR wavelengths to make something that looks nice to our eyes.

Also, the name of the telescope is very controversial because James Webb played a large role in the lavender scare. NASA has tried to silence people who have criticized the choice. SO many people are just referring to it as JWST. galileospendulum.org/2022/07/11/why-i-will-not-write-about-jwst/?fbclid=IwAR2Jf7vqRhRgwr6tzh9QSH64S_a5U9j0dZjMY4Ck3H_GH7m5Nm2_lGVS1FU

[audette]

Jul 12, 2022 9:11:40 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jul 12, 2022 9:08:56 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I want this to be a book.

I swear I've read something like this. LOL! After a while, all the "human's colonize planets" get all muddled together.

I think it started as a book, but, this is basically the storyline of Battlestar Galactica.  I'd recommend watching the more recent series over the older one it was a remake of.