CitizenVectron Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Yay! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 This is the best Christmas present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Few science things I’m more excited about than JWST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 The info page on NASA's site is really cool. I had no idea it would orbit as far out as it will be. Orbit - Webb/NASA WEBB.NASA.GOV The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Imagine all the naked aliens we will be able to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 the launch was the relatively easy part, the deployment has over 300 single points of failure mostly in the sunshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: Few science things I’m more excited about than JWST Same. It’s the science version of this meme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Now the wait for it to unfold on its way to its destination. Can’t wait till we get to see its first photos in a few months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Will it be clear enough that we can see Amy’s Obscene Tattoo in Futurama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Clearly this is the Jewish space laser we've been warned about. Wake up, sheeple! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iculus Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 12/25/2021 at 10:29 AM, elbobo said: the launch was the relatively easy part, the deployment has over 300 single points of failure mostly in the Everything is successfully deployed! The James Webb Space Telescope Has Reached Its Final Form - The Atlantic WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM The $10 billion mission is working... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Realllly exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Iculus said: Everything is successfully deployed! The James Webb Space Telescope Has Reached Its Final Form - The Atlantic WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM The $10 billion mission is working... HUZZAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 What’s next for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now that it’s reached its parking spot WWW.THEVERGE.COM We’ll have to wait for images, but it’s going to be worth it. Quote NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope may have reached its final parking spot in space, but there’s still a long road ahead for the observatory before it can start taking the dazzling pictures of the cosmos that scientists have been eagerly awaiting. Over the next five months, mission engineers will meticulously tweak and test the telescope in order to prepare the spacecraft for its lifelong mission of observing the Universe. Yesterday at around 2PM ET, the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, fired its onboard thrusters for a little less than five minutes, putting the vehicle into its final orbit in space. It was a crucial last step for JWST’s journey through the cosmos, capping off a 30-day voyage from the launchpad to its parking orbit roughly 1 million miles from Earth. During that time, the telescope underwent a complex unfolding and shapeshifting process, blossoming into its final form needed to collect light from distant stars and galaxies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 What’s next? Probably getting hit by space x space junk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Webb has Now Taken the Sharpest Image the Laws of Physics Allow - Universe Today WWW.UNIVERSETODAY.COM Engineers and scientists for the James Webb Space Telescope have completed two more steps in the telescope’s primary mirror alignment process, and in a briefing today, officials said JWST’s... Headline is dumb. But. Compared to the GBT image of the same star. The resolution of this new telescope is fucking outrageous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 51 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Webb has Now Taken the Sharpest Image the Laws of Physics Allow - Universe Today WWW.UNIVERSETODAY.COM Engineers and scientists for the James Webb Space Telescope have completed two more steps in the telescope’s primary mirror alignment process, and in a briefing today, officials said JWST’s... Compared to the Hubble image of the same star. The resolution of this new telescope is fucking outrageous. I see they let JJ Abrams drive this thing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Uaarkson Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 President Biden will share the Webb Telescope's first image today - CNN AMP.CNN.COM President Joe Biden will share the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday at the White House at 5 p.m. ET. The rest of Webb's first images will be released on Tuesday. Come onnn let’s see them aliens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Let's see if we can spot the hole that is in one of the mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, Littleronin said: Let's see if we can spot the hole that is in one of the mirrors. It was apparently designed so that these things wouldn't be a problem. I read an article about it before launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 53 minutes ago, Littleronin said: Let's see if we can spot the hole that is in one of the mirrors. They can recalibrate those mirrors to within a trillionth of an inch, so. Didn’t end up being a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 The first xenos that get to be added to the exterminatus list. Let's go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Me after seeing the pics from the telescope tomorrow. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 But like we're the only intelligent life, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Ominous said: But like we're the only intelligent life, right? God I hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Nokra said: God I hope not. As unlikely as it might seem, I would love for us to confirm the existence of other life, even primitive life, on another planet within the next 50-100 years or so. Just imagine what kind of animals there might be on a planet with a completely different atmosphere and gravity than Earth's, and how evolution would take its course there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 7 hours ago, Brick said: As unlikely as it might seem, I would love for us to confirm the existence of other life, even primitive life, on another planet within the next 50-100 years or so. Just imagine what kind of animals there might be on a planet with a completely different atmosphere and gravity than Earth's, and how evolution would take its course there. What seems unlikely? That theres life? I don't find that to be unlikely, more of a certainty, the universe is too large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Both possibilities are terrifying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 The full res photo made me legit emotional. What an achievement. I still vividly remember a conversation I had with a customer back when I worked with my dad at his locksmith shop in Friendswood, a town close to JSC where a ton of NASA people live. She was working on James Webb. She was a PhD in optics, and was one of the primary designers of the lenses for this mission. She was so excited for the project and what it meant for the pursuit of knowledge. To think a little over 10 years later she is sitting in front of a computer there viewing an image she had been dreaming of for at this point 20 years. Kudos to all who were involved in making this happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, BloodyHell said: What seems unlikely? That theres life? I don't find that to be unlikely, more of a certainty, the universe is too large. Unlikely that we'll find life within that timeframe. We might not find any for another couple thousand years (if we make it that long). The universe is so vast we might not until our next evolutionary descendants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I think sometimes people also forget the vastness of the time the universe has been around when they point out that the likelihood of life elsewhere is very high. Sure, the odds that life will flourish on another planet given how many galaxies, stars, and planets there are seems logically high. But to exist at the same time and in close enough proximity that we will ever observe them is significantly less likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Brick said: Unlikely that we'll find life within that timeframe. We might not find any for another couple thousand years (if we make it that long). The universe is so vast we might not until our next evolutionary descendants. Oh, agreed on that. The distances make detection and communications almost impossible, and civilizations we could detect now would likely be dead for billions of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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