JWST Launches Today

[duncs500]

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration ... _milestone

[Marv]

15 years to build and a few months in space and it's already getting smashed up in the harsh conditions of Outer Space!

[jamcg]

15 years to build and a few months in space and it's already getting smashed up in the harsh conditions of Outer Space!

???

That says it’s the iss with the hole not the jwst?

[duncs500]

Well I don't know about that picture, but I did see that JWST suffered a micrometeoroid impact, but this type of thing was anticipated and not an issue.

[Marv]

Oops yeah,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61744257

They've both been hit by specs of dust!

[IanF]

First pic is out soon, I think. Excited!

[duncs500]

We're going to learn so many fascinating things with this telescope, probably no point in reading any books involving astronomy or physics for a while as they'll be out of date.

[dinny_g]

Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos...

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...

[IanF]

We're going to learn so many fascinating things with this telescope, probably no point in reading any books involving astronomy or physics for a while as they'll be out of date.

Lol

[IanF]

Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos...

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...

What?? Impossible!! The universe was created just 2000 years ago (according to some “scholars”)

[dinny_g]

I really should do my own research instead of just believing facts provided by experts.

[jamcg]

Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos...

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...

[ZedLeg]

Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos...

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...

IIRC the redder the light, the older the galaxy so it's quite possible a few of those pictured aren't around anymore.

[duncs500]

I really should do my own research instead of just believing facts provided by experts.

Don't do it @dinny_g

[Mito Man]

The official twitter thread explains the image a bit. The most impressive thing is that the picture took less than a day whereas the same from Hubble took weeks.

[jamcg]

More vs hubble

[Simon]

Ah, so they've upgraded the Earth dome to have better lights in the star-field then. Wake up sheeple!

[nuttinnew]

LED interior lights.

[duncs500]

[jamcg]