Posted on 07/13/2022 1:57:25 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: This is the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the cosmos so far. The view of the early Universe toward the southern constellation Volans was achieved in 12.5 hours of exposure with the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. Of course the stars with six visible spikes are well within our own Milky Way. Their diffraction pattern is characteristic of Webb's 18 hexagonal mirror segments operating together as a single 6.5 meter diameter primary mirror. The thousands of galaxies flooding the field of view are members of the distant galaxy cluster SMACS0723-73, some 4.6 billion light-years away. Luminous arcs that seem to infest the deep field are even more distant galaxies though. Their images are distorted and magnified by the dark matter dominated mass of the galaxy cluster, an effect known as gravitational lensing. Analyzing light from two separate arcs below the bright spiky star, Webb's NIRISS instrument indicates the arcs are both images of the same background galaxy. And that galaxy's light took about 9.5 billion years to reach the James Webb Space Telescope.
If true, private industry would be investing
Not necessarily.
Not many private firms have 10 Billion to invest in pure science, where the potential gains are very high, but unknown. Similarly, private firms have stepped up to the plate with launch systems, after the government showed it could be done, with huge profit potential.
The returns on investment have been high in some cases; in others a huge boondoggle used to justify grants.
My suspicion is the return on investment is much higher than similar money spent to raise the living standard of those obtaining corporate or individual welfare.
Could the Webb mission been paid for by private subscriptions? Maybe. No one knows.
I am willing to bet $1000 life exists in a Trillion planets in universe. Problem is the distances are so large (millions of light years) that there is no way to communicate with any of them, much less travel there. One has to understand how large the universe is to comprehend what I just said. So my $1000 will remain safely in my pocket. And I won’t win $1000 from anyone.
Just think of this, we can’t ever even reach the closest solar system to us, right here in Milky way galaxy. It is just too far, and earth has no resources to build a rocket ship which can sustain 1000+ generations of reproducing humans in a rocket ship.
In conclusion, just enjoy the precious life we are awarded, and our earth will be gobbled up by the Sun as it grows as a red giant star. My best guess is humans will last 10 million more years on this planet, at best.
Come get Us
Space Raiders!
;)
And apparently it still is being done that way judging from the glowing splatter paint.
So the Hubble Telescope is orbiting 333+ miles above Earth, and now we’ve got the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched last December and has now sent its first “deep field operational image” on July 11. Not sure how far out the JWST was from Earth when this deep space photo was taken, but the orbital range is supposed to be between 160,000 to 517,000 miles. This one clearly breached the Firmament this time, Folks! So, can we expect any photos of the Big Blue Marble spinning in the starlit Void? Too much to ask for $10 billion?
What’s the bright star(?) in the center of the image?
4.6 to 9.5 Billion
Light Years away.
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Is that You, John Wayne?
Well, we did get Tang...
That’s hilarious!! Thanks!
Stealing it.
Hubble also needed it’s own lasik surgery to get into focus.
Do you have any links?
I agree it is too far for chemical rocket ships of today's generation.
I have learned never to say impossible.
We now know effective faster than light "warp drive" is theoretically possible.
Mind blowing.
Not technologically possible at this time, but not requiring the energy of several suns, either.
It’s like getting out the old universe yearbook and leafing through the pages.
Gosh, that Cindy was sure pretty.
I think our football team was 3-6 that year.
… I’m guessing with the new camera and an RC helicopter, we’ll get some new Tang flavors! 😋
But the NASA marketing reps need to go back to college- honestly, compared to Hubble's Deep Field, this is a nothingburger.
I think they found the elusive Dark Matter
It was hiding in plain sight......................
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