Hubble v James Webb: 'The Cosmic Cliffs', Carina Nebula, 7,200 light-years [hi-res images]

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Hubble Space Telescope, 2012


James Webb Space Telescope, 2022

“This is only the beginning. It’s beyond what we had expected— it’s beyond our dreams,” Chris Packham, Professor Astrophysics, UTSA.

[fightforfreedom]

1. Is the universe extremely large or are we extremely small?

All kidding aside, the vastness of the universe boggles the mind.

[speak easy]

2. kinda puts the 'I alone can fix it' guy into perspective -

... a tiny absolute nothing

[PJMcK]

3. JWST was worth waiting for!

The discoveries will be awesome.

Great work, NASA!

[spanone]

4. Incredible detail!

K&R

[hunter]

5. That's wonderful.

I even like the diffraction spikes in this photo, which are an artifact inherent to the telescope's design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike

[BlueSpot]

18. Thanks - I was wondering about that

Bright lights always look like that (with rays shooting out) to me due to astigmatism. When I saw the pictures, I started to wonder if they just really looked like that and I had been misinformed for all these years. I feel a little gaslit.

[brer cat]

6. Very significant advance.

The JWST is going to give us some awesome pictures.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Reminds me of a song, ...... goes somethin' like,

"I can see clearly, now......"

[ancianita]

8. So this existed 7,200 years ago, right? In reality, it's gotta look different now, right?

[jaxexpat]

10. It's all art deco these days.

These nebulae are just too modern.

[ShazzieB]

11. As I understand it, yes.

I'm no astrophysicist, but I know it takes a really long time for the light from those distant stars and galaxies to get to us.

[ancianita]

15. Okay. So it's more about real time I'm concerned about.

I mean, it's beautiful, but it might not even be there by now.
So how do astrophysicists know anything more about the universe? I guess it's because it can record stuff in real time, which these photos don't show. I read this book by astrophysicist Paul Sutter, in which he explains how the world of astrophysics works, and how little astrophysicists know.



It helps to hear him explain, even six months ago, how the Webb works in real time, and how it's so different from the Hubble, it's not really the Hubble's successor.

And now we find out today...

[Wild blueberry]

9. Wow

Thank you.

[in2herbs]

12. I'd love to frame and hang a pic of this in my living room. Is there a link to do this? nt

[speak easy]

13. Here is the highest res available

https://bit.ly/3AKYWJd

14575 x 8441

[in2herbs]

14. TY nt

[niyad]

16. How long is one supposed to wait? After 30 seconds, I still had a blank screen.

[speak easy]

17. Approach it from here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#/media/File:NASA%E2%80%99s_Webb_Reveals_Cosmic_Cliffs,_Glittering_Landscape_of_Star_Birth.png

[niyad]

19. Thank you.