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James Webb space telescope (JWST) launch scheduled for 24th of December.

Will JWST successfully deploy in space?

  • Yes. Good chance it goes well.

    Votes: 123 74.1%

  • No. I think something will fail. (no way to fix)

    Votes: 11 6.6%

  • Shepard.

    Votes: 32 19.3%
  • Total voters
    166
  • Poll closed .
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Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail - NASA Science

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations show the top of the “horse’s mane” or edge of this iconic nebula in a whole new light...
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New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink - NASA Science

Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. “People often ask about this, and simulating these difficult-to-imagine...
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Webb Unlocks Secrets of One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen - NASA Science

Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old. Initially detected with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, this...
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Watching the space stuff from home definitely has been a ride for a while now, the Tesla rocket launches, satellites, solar eclipse the space mindset is contagious.
Solar Eclipse GIF by NASA
 
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James Webb: Earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed

The James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record for detecting the most distant known galaxy.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0, observed as it was just 290 million years after the Big Bang. At this point, the universe was only 2% of its current age, which is approximately 13.8 billion years. The galaxy spans more than 1,600 light years and its brightness is attributed to young stars rather than a supermassive black hole. This rapid formation within such a short time raises questions about how such a massive galaxy emerged so early. The presence of oxygen in the galaxy suggests it has undergone multiple generations of star formation, indicating significant maturity despite its young cosmic age. The discovery underscores JWST's ability to probe the early universe, potentially observing galaxies from within the first 200 million years.
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NASA’s Webb Opens New Window on Supernova Science - NASA Science

Peering deeply into the cosmos, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovae from a time when our universe was just a small fraction of its current age. A team using Webb data has identified 10 times more supernovae in the early universe than...
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Ya, the most distant galaxy to-date was another great achievement for Webb.


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I'm curious if this telescope could by the odd chance just see or detect a spacecraft randomly while it's doing its thing. Obviously that light could be travelling 100s or 1000s of years in the past dependent on how many light years.

Honestly would wish to know more about our closest star. Only 4 LY away.
 
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Donald mac Ronald said:
I'm curious if this telescope could by the odd chance just see or detect a spacecraft randomly while it's doing its thing. Obviously that light could be travelling 100s or 1000s of years in the past dependent on how many light years.

Honestly would wish to know more about our closest star. Only 4 LY away.
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I doubt it's capable of doing so, even a huge spaceship would be spotted by the light it is emitting or reflecting so they'd just think it was a stray planet or comet or something. The scarier thing would be if they spotted something going left to right and then turning and heading toward us as if it knew it was spotted.
 
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Donald mac Ronald said:
I'm curious if this telescope could by the odd chance just see or detect a spacecraft randomly while it's doing its thing. Obviously that light could be travelling 100s or 1000s of years in the past dependent on how many light years.

Honestly would wish to know more about our closest star. Only 4 LY away.
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It would have to be one heckuva big spaceship to give off enough light to outshine a galaxy! Most we could hope for is detecting a Dyson Sphere
 
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