James Webb Telescope

[Jethro Rocker]

So cool! Got some interesting photos today and data from an exoplanet. Can't wait to see what else comes from this.

NASA's new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies

A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA's powerful new telescope.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Clockworkmike]

Been waiting a while to finally see this thing shoot back some data, after some unfortunate delays. But it's definitely delivering on its reputations! Insanely powerful telescope that took what the Hubble did and amplified by over 1000x its strength.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Been waiting a while to finally see this thing shoot back some data, after some unfortunate delays. But it's definitely delivering on its reputations! Insanely powerful telescope that took what the Hubble did and amplified by over 1000x its strength.

The spectroscopy of atmosphere on exoplanets! So cool

 

[Clockworkmike]

The spectroscopy of atmosphere on exoplanets! So cool

We arent even touching onto 1% of what is really out there but finding new stuff everyday, which is awesome. The odds of finding a planet with viable life is growing everyday

 

[Far Rider]

We arent even touching onto 1% of what is really out there but finding new stuff everyday, which is awesome. The odds of finding a planet with viable life is growing everyday

I hope they're treating their planet better than we're treating ours.

 

[Clockworkmike]

I hope they're treating their planet better than we're treating ours.

True. If we visit it, we'd only focus on how fast we could toss up a Starbucks and Subway there

 

[SG John]

I hope they're treating their planet better than we're treating ours.

Seeing as they’ve recently reset the doomsday clock to 19 seconds until midnight says a lot about us as a species. If there’s life out there, they probably want nothing to do with us, and hope we never have the ability to leave this planet.

 

[LiveeviL2000]

Seeing as they’ve recently reset the doomsday clock to 19 seconds until midnight

Does that mean Iron Maiden should remake their 2 minutes to midnight song?

 

[Inspector #20]

Seeing as they’ve recently reset the doomsday clock to 19 seconds until midnight says a lot about us as a species. If there’s life out there, they probably want nothing to do with us, and hope we never have the ability to leave this planet.

The last people in this world I would trust are the bulletin of atomic scientists. They are far more political than scientific.

 

[SG John]

Does that mean Iron Maiden should remake their 2 minutes to midnight song?

Last night Roger Waters tweeked the lyrics to “Two Suns in the Sunset” a bit to cover that.



I had to edit my post. Damn autospell misspelled tweeked, and made it a social media platform instead.

 

[SG John]

The last people in this world I would trust are the bulletin of atomic scientists. They are far more political than scientific.

Just like I would never trust clergies, politicians, or judges to know anything about science.

 

[Inspector #20]

Just like I would never trust clergies, politicians, or judges to know anything about science.

Agreed.

 

[Ghostman]

I joined the JWST FB group years before the launch, and had to drop out yesterday. I'm all for the cool images and don't get me wrong, they are impressive. As a hobbyist photographer I can't help but awe at the shots. However, I'm also on the science side of things and would rather hear of other uses the system has been slated for. The FB group has been flooded with posts that mark these images as the second coming of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

To me, that level of equipment is a waste to use it to show the public cool images. I was highly underwhelmed by the picture releases. The comparison shots to the Hubble were also a waste to me. Yeah, you're gonna get better images because if not, it was a failure of billions of dollars. It's like comparing a 1982 polaroid with the newest Z mirrorless from Nikon.

To me, the highlight has still been the notion that we were able to build such a device and park it where it is successfully. Not an image in the Universe, short of actual aliens, could top that for me. I'm waiting patiently for new data from the rest of JWST capabilities that provide insights far beyond high resolution photos.

 

[Don O]

I'm not sure if I'd want to contact alien life. Be careful what you ask for. What if they were a million years ahead of us in technology? What if their planet's resources were used up and earth looks like nice new place for them. We might all be gone, just saying...

 

[Clockworkmike]

I'm not sure if I'd want to contact alien life. Be careful what you ask for. What if they were a million years ahead of us in technology? What if their planet's resources were used up and earth looks like nice new place for them. We might all be gone, just saying...

Or maybe WE are their resources like that Twilight Zone episode, " To Serve Man" lol

 

[Inspector #20]

Or maybe WE are their resources like that Twilight Zone episode, " To Serve Man" lol

I'd explore a management position in inter-spiecies relations.

 

[Ghostman]

If we contact aliens, I'll be standing outside with a sign, "Take Me WITH YOU!"

At some point we went from "abduction" to "willful emigration"

 

[Clockworkmike]

I'd explore a management position in inter-spiecies relations.

Probably a profitable market for that sorta thing. Worse for worse, definitely an Onlyfans career!

 

[Clockworkmike]

If we contact aliens, I'll be standing outside with a sign, "Take Me WITH YOU!"

At some point we went from "abduction" to "willful emigration"

Sneak up the landing gear and ET it the hell out lmao

 

[SG John]

I joined the JWST FB group years before the launch, and had to drop out yesterday. I'm all for the cool images and don't get me wrong, they are impressive. As a hobbyist photographer I can't help but awe at the shots. However, I'm also on the science side of things and would rather hear of other uses the system has been slated for. The FB group has been flooded with posts that mark these images as the second coming of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

To me, that level of equipment is a waste to use it to show the public cool images. I was highly underwhelmed by the picture releases. The comparison shots to the Hubble were also a waste to me. Yeah, you're gonna get better images because if not, it was a failure of billions of dollars. It's like comparing a 1982 polaroid with the newest Z mirrorless from Nikon.

To me, the highlight has still been the notion that we were able to build such a device and park it where it is successfully. Not an image in the Universe, short of actual aliens, could top that for me. I'm waiting patiently for new data from the rest of JWST capabilities that provide insights far beyond high resolution photos.

Don’t worry. Just like everything else we’ve invented over the last couple of thousand years, it will be used for our annihilation. He have the capacity to make a very comfortable world for everyone, with science that can advance our lives like never before. Instead, we’ll kill our selves and the planet because it is more profitable for those in power.