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

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15 years to build and a few months in space and it's already getting smashed up in the harsh conditions of Outer Space!
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Marv wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:56 am

15 years to build and a few months in space and it's already getting smashed up in the harsh conditions of Outer Space!
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That says it’s the iss with the hole not the jwst?
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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.
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Oops yeah,

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

They've both been hit by specs of dust!
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First pic is out soon, I think. Excited! 👽
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:geek:

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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with this telescope, probably no point in reading any books involving astronomy or physics for a while as they'll be out of date. :D
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Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos... 8-)

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...
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duncs500 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:13 am :geek:

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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with this telescope, probably no point in reading any books involving astronomy or physics for a while as they'll be out of date. :D
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dinny_g wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:39 am Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos... 8-)

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...
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I really should do my own research instead of just believing facts provided by experts. :D
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dinny_g wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:39 am Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos... 8-)

The clarity difference between it and Hubble is amazing...
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dinny_g wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:39 am Looking back in time 13 billion years...

I suppose some of those galaxies no longer exist physically, other than light travelling through the cosmos... 8-)

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.
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dinny_g wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:21 am I really should do my own research instead of just believing facts provided by experts. :D
Don't do it @dinny_g :o
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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.
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More vs hubble

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