James Webb telescope appears to picture wormhole in 'Phantom Galaxy'
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UPI ^
| 7/22/2022 | Pedro Oliveira Jr.
July 22 (UPI) -- NASA's latest deep-space telescope continues to shock astronomers and amateurs with jaw-dropping new images captured from the outer reaches of the cosmos. The
James Webb Space Telescope appears to have pictured a wormhole spinning in the "Phantom Galaxy," a place whose very center scientists believe may contain a black hole. "I've been doing this for 10 years now, and [Webb] data is new, different and exciting," Judy Schmidt, who processed raw data from NASA into a stunning photo of the Phantom Galaxy, told Space.com. "Of course I'm going to make something with it." The latest images...
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No, the James Webb Space Telescope Didn't Find the 'Oldest Galaxy' Ever
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CNet ^
| July 21, 2022 4:48 p.m. PT | Jackson Ryan
If confirmed, it might be the most distant galaxy ever, but it's not the oldest. That's
an important distinction. an amorphous red blob against the void of space Are we looking at the oldest galaxy ever found? No, but maybe, but yes? T. Treu/GLASS-JWST/NASA/CSA/ESA/STScI If you've been following the astronomy community on Twitter or, perhaps, Captain America himself, you've likely come across a story about the James Webb Space Telescope's latest find: the "oldest galaxy we've ever seen." This is exactly what we were promised from the James Webb Space Telescope. Only a week ago, the world's collective jaw hit...
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These Amazing New James Webb Space Telescope Images of Spiral Galaxies Are So Beautiful We Could Cry
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https://www.sciencealert.com ^
| 22 JULY 2022 | MICHELLE STARR
It hasn't even been a fortnight since the first image release, and the James Webb Space Telescope is just continuously knocking all our socks off. Only
a few images have been officially released, but that hasn't stopped citizen scientists digging through the raw data to see what they can find. One of those is Judy Schmidt, who has been processing raw space data into breathtaking images for years. Courtesy of her painstaking work, we now have absolutely jaw-dropping images of two spectacular spiral galaxies. The first is NGC 628, also known as the Phantom Galaxy. The other is NGC 7496....
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The James Webb Space Telescope May Have Already Found The Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen
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https://www.sciencealert.com ^
| 21 JULY 2022 | ISSAM AHMED
The GLASS-z13 galaxy imaged by JWST. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI/AFP) Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday. Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy
dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, about 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified, Rohan Naidu of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics told AFP. "We're potentially looking at the most distant starlight that anyone has ever seen," he said. The more distant objects...
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Can I process the JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) data better than NASA?
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YouTube ^
| 7/13/2022 | Nebula Photos
Hey, Freepers, tired of waiting for the next official release of a scanty few number of official Webb Telescope images from NASA? You don't have to wait. You
can learn how to do it yourself; that is, how to create finished images from the raw data that are pouring out of NASA, hour by hour, as we speak. Then you, and we, won't have to wait another week for a paltry few number of official jaw-dropping images. Here's a comment I found on Reddit that'll help you understand what is going on so you can get started. "It's complicated, because...
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NASA: Micrometeoroid Causes Significant Uncorrectable Damage To James Webb Space Telescope.
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THE STANDEFORD JOURNAL ^
| 7/20/22 | Donald Standeford
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James Webb Space Telescope Just Proved It’s Value in the Search for Alien Life
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https://scitechdaily.com ^
| JULY 15, 2022 | By CHRIS IMPEY AND DANIEL APAI, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
TRAPPIST-1e TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a star 39 light-years from Earth and may have water and clouds, as depicted in this artist’s impression. Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1 **************************************** To search for alien life, astronomers will search for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just proved it’s possible to do so. The ingredients necessary for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place with life in the universe, detecting life beyond our planet is a major goal of modern astronomy and planetary science....
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James Webb Space Telescope is about to beam us monster amounts of cosmic data
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Popular Science ^
| 7/13/2022 | TATYANA WOODALL
Expect JWST to release more information faster than its predecessor telescopes.Our tiny corner of the cosmos has just gotten bigger, brighter, and bolder, and it’s all thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NASA just dropped some of the most high-definition images of the universe ever taken. Although
the telescope began science operations merely six months ago, its first batch—including five neighboring galaxies called Stephan’s Quintet and the Carina Nebula, a gaseous expanse where stars are born—are among the most stunning celestial pictures yet made. Inspiring wonder in space-lovers around the world is harder than it looks. A lot...
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First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
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https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages ^
| JULY 12, 2022 | Staff
On Monday, July 11, President Joe Biden released one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images in a preview event at the White House in Washington. NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the full set of Webb’s first full-color images and spectroscopic
data during a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (14:30 UTC) on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Learn more about how to watch. This first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of...
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The James Webb Space Telescope’s First Year of Extraordinary Science Has Been Revealed
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https://www.scientificamerican.com ^
| By Jonathan O'Callaghan on April 7, 2021
From more than 1,000 proposals, the scientists that hoped to perform the observatory’s historic first studies now know their fate The James Webb Space Telescope's First Year of Extraordinary Science Has Been Revealed Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope’s scientific capabilities. The
infrared observatory’s large mirror will allow astronomers to search for the universe’s first galaxies and stars while also studying the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets. Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI) Years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) often finds itself the butt of jokes. From satirical Webcomics...
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NASA Is About to Unveil The Deepest View of The Universe Ever – A Day Ahead of Schedule - James Webb Telescope!
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https://www.sciencealert.com ^
| 11 JULY 2022 | Staff
Last week, NASA administrator Bill Nelson told us we'd see the "deepest image of our Universe that has ever been taken" on July 12, thanks to the newly operational James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). And we know many of you excitedly marked the date in your calendar. But
over the weekend the space agency announced that they'd actually be releasing one the very first image a day ahead of schedule – at 5pm EDT (2100 UTC and 7am AEST on Tuesday 12 July). The first image will be released by US President Joe Biden in a special live stream that...
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Biden to unveil first photo from James Webb Space Telescope
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NBC News ^
| 7/10/2022 | Denise Chow
President Joe Biden will unveil the much-anticipated first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Monday, agency officials confirmed. The
image, known as “Webb’s First Deep Field,” will be the deepest and highest-resolution view of the universe ever captured. Biden is scheduled to release it on Monday. President Joe Biden will unveil the much-anticipated first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Monday, agency officials confirmed. The image, known as "Webb's First Deep Field," will be the deepest and highest-resolution view of the universe ever captured, showing myriad galaxies as they appeared up to 13 billion...
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NASA Shares the 5 Cosmic Targets of James Webb’s First Photos
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https://petapixel.com ^
| JULY 8, 2022 | JARON SCHNEIDER
NASA Shares the 5 Cosmic Targets of James Webb’s First Photos JUL 08, 2022 JARON SCHNEIDER James Webb Space Telescope NASA as revealed the cosmic objects that will be shown when it releases the first full-color photos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12. The
space agency says that the five targets listed below represent the first wave of full-color scientific images and spectra that the James Webb Space Telescope has gathered and will mark the official beginning of the observatory’s general science operations. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb...
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Evidence of farming on exoplanets should be visible to James Webb Space Telescope
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The Physics arXiv Blog ^
| 4/20/2022 | Astronomy.com
Industrial-scale agriculture has changed the make up of our atmosphere. So
"exofarms" ought to be visible on Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. One of the key developments separating modern civilization from the hunter gatherer societies of the past is the invention of farming, which took place about 10,000 years ago. This began with the cultivation of wild plants and the domestication of various animals for dairy products and meat. The big advantage of farming is that it sustains a much larger population than hunting and gathering. This led to the emergence of cities, the sharing of natural resources and of...
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The James Webb Space Telescope: Prepare for a New Way To See the Universe
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SciTechDaily.com ^
| 17 June 2022 | Marcia Rieke
NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022...Marcia Rieke, an astronomer at the University of Arizona and the scientist in charge of one of Webb's four cameras, explains what she and her colleagues have been doing to get this telescope up
and running.
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James Webb Space Telescope practices tracking an asteroid for the 1st time
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Space.com ^
| Elizabeth Howell
NASA's next-generation space observatory successfully watched a moving asteroid as the telescope inches towards the end of its six-month commissioning period. The
successful tracking of a nearby object shows that the James Webb Space Telescope can keep a watch on solar system objects as well as the distant galaxies, stars and other faraway objects it is expected to observe in its perhaps 20-year lifespan. asteroid named after Tenzing Norgay. The Tibetan mountaineer was one of the first two known individuals to summit Mount Everest, alongside Edmund Hillary. Coincidentally, the Webb observations took place just days before the 69th anniversary of...
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Alignment Complete – Capturing Crisp, Focused Images
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NASA Goddard ^
| 28 April 2022 | Thaddeus Cesari
The optical performance of the telescope continues to be better than the engineering team's most optimistic predictions...Now, the Webb team will turn its attention to science instrument commissioning...This process will take about two months before scientific operations begin in the summer.
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James Webb Space Telescope's 1st science targets remain super secret as observatory settles in
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Space.com ^
| 3/25/2022 | Tereza Pultarova
But we know some of the later ones! The
James Webb Space Telescope has a packed schedule for its first year of observations. (Image credit: ESA) In the first year of its scientific operations, the James Webb Space Telescope will study small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, look for the oldest stars in the universe or peer inside mysterious remnants of an exploded star. Its very first science targets, however, remain top secret. The mighty James Webb Space Telescope recently aligned its mirrors and showed off the sharpness of its eyes on a random underwhelming star. But the world's science...
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NASA emails reveal internal discussions over calls to rename James Webb Space Telescope
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Space.com ^
| 3/25/2022 | Tereza Pultarova
The 1960s agency administrator's treatment of LGBTQ people has come under question.New documents suggest that NASA officials dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community over the name of its newest observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA was aware that discrimination against LGBTQ people took place in the agency under the leadership
of 1960s administrator James Webb when it refused to remove the man's name from its flagship mission, new documents obtained by Nature reveal. In early 2021, a group of astronomers petitioned NASA to change the name of the space observatory of the century, the $10 billion James Webb...
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James Webb Space Telescope has locked onto guide star in crucial milestone
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Space ^
| 17 February 2022 | Elizabeth Howell
The James Webb Space Telescope's key pointing instrument is working well in testing...The Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS)...successfully locked on to a specific guide star in tracking mode on Sunday...the instrument will next be used to assist with the ongoing alignment of the 18 hexagonal segments that make up the primary mirror of
the telescope...
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