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[Hawking Radiation]

That's it? LOLOLOL

Webb captured this image in 12.5 hours versus Hubble which took weeks and still didn't get anywhere near this amount of detail (there is a comparison on this very page).

Now when Webb gets to open its shutters to the heavens for a few weeks, you're likely going to get an image that's on a totally different level to this.

This is just the beginning. A teaser if you will of what this observatory is capable of. That is minus the exoplanet stuff which will indirectly detect alien life on distant planets. Webb is going to be the spark of new discoveries and fields of study in the astrophysics community. The same way LIGO (The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) opened up new avenues of studying the universe. This is the kinds of stuff that will rewrite the textbooks.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I mean, amazing tech and details, once the scientists stepped in with more information. The presentation tonight though? What a clusterfuck. They didn’t give any details, they fucked up a team’s decade of efforts to a legit presentation.

 

[Pagusas]

I mean, amazing tech and details, once the scientists stepped in with more information. The presentation tonight though? What a clusterfuck. They didn’t give any details, they fucked up a team’s decade of efforts to a legit presentation.

I think the worst part is these aren’t the people who should be talking about this. I don’t give a damn what any politician thinks, this should be the scientist getting to talk to us directly.

 

[Romulus]

More disappointing than a State Of Play.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves now

 

[Hawking Radiation]

I think the worst part is these aren’t the people who should be talking about this. I don’t give a damn what any politician thinks, this should be the scientist getting to talk to us directly.

Understand from the average Joe's point of view.
Scientists unveiling an image has nowhere near the pull of the United States president.

Everyone knows who President Biden is. The average person on the street won't bat an eyelid if Dr Joe Bloggs from XXX University is set to unveil an image from the most expensive observatory in human history. I mean only people who have a keen interest in astronomy will know.

Nasa was smart to involve the president to get more people interested in this project. That's why President Biden was tasked to unveil it. We know its not his field of expertise. He's merely a drawcard for the project. Also there's the whole national pride thing so president Biden is the natural choice.

Now that people know what's going on with Webb (judging by how this news has flooded mainstream media), they don't need Biden to do any more press releases and I'd be damn surprised if they did involve him again lol.

 

[BadBurger]

Understand from the average Joe's point of view.
Scientists unveiling an image has nowhere near the pull of the United States president.

Everyone knows who President Biden is. The average person on the street won't bat an eyelid if Dr Joe Bloggs from XXX University is set to unveil an image from the most expensive observatory in human history. I mean only people who have a keen interest in astronomy will know.

Nasa was smart to involve the president to get more people interested in this project. That's why President Biden was tasked to unveil it. We know its not his field of expertise. He's merely a drawcard for the project. Also there's the whole national pride thing so president Biden is the natural choice.

Now that people know what's going on with Webb (judging by how this news has flooded mainstream media), they don't need Biden to do any more press releases and I'd be damn surprised if they did involve him again lol.

Not only all of this, but NASA doesn't have much to boast about these days as many of their functions and duties were shifted to the private sector. So of course the US president is gonna talk them up. It's pretty much to be expected.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[bitbydeath]

We’ll soon be able to see the Big Bang in action at this rate.

 

[G-Bus]

Some of those galaxies look weird. Not like anything we've seen before?

I'm underwhelmed and in aw at the same time.

The coming years is going to be crazy with the images this thing will give us. That's something I'm really looking forward too

Curious to see what else they have to show tomorrow. Hopefully this wasn't the most aw inspiring of the bunch.

Edit - more i think about it the more assinine that sounds. Something more aw insirping. Yeesh. That's one hell of a picture.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Fascinating. That one tiny, almost infinitesimal slice of space contains that many galaxies.
The distances, volumes, and time scales involved are mind boggling. How can anybody look at an image like that and think, "Nope, sorry, it's just us humans here on earth and that's it."

 

[E-Cat]

Incredible

Holy shit that's amazing!

 

[Blade2.0]

Now we just need to get started on the next telescope.

 

[Ironbunny]

Its crazy to think that no human before us has seen these views. Mind blowing to think it all is out there. We are just a speck of dust in the fabric that is space.

 

[ClanOfNone]

In any case hyperspace and warp speed are gonna be too slow. We need to start working on ludicrous speed or space folding.

 

[AJUMP23]

I was expecting more.

 

[derrickchase]

I was expecting more.

Universe's elbows too pointy for you?

 

[Northeastmonk]

I was expecting more.

What’s the irony of the universe’s most complex answers somehow hidden in that photograph and all you see is a giant Lite-Brite.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

People are gonna be hella disappointed

I would assume it would be people who lack the knowledge or enthusiasm for Space related imagery. Webb is going to be showing us things we cannot see with the naked eye. That alone gets me hyped.

Edit: Saw the image, It's so damned clear and detailed compared to what came before it.

"This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground"

 

[MastaKiiLA]

Webb captured this image in 12.5 hours versus Hubble which took weeks and still didn't get anywhere near this amount of detail (there is a comparison on this very page).

Now when Webb gets to open its shutters to the heavens for a few weeks, you're likely going to get an image that's on a totally different level to this.

This is just the beginning. A teaser if you will of what this observatory is capable of. That is minus the exoplanet stuff which will indirectly detect alien life on distant planets. Webb is going to be the spark of new discoveries and fields of study in the astrophysics community. The same way LIGO (The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) opened up new avenues of studying the universe. This is the kinds of stuff that will rewrite the textbooks.

That's the thing. A fraction of the time to see further into the past than Hubble. Every shot is a Hubble Deep Field. That means the JWST Deep Field is going to be absolutely mind-blowing. I can't wait.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

That's the thing. A fraction of the time to see further into the past than Hubble. Every shot is a Hubble Deep Field. That means the JWST Deep Field is going to be absolutely mind-blowing. I can't wait.

Hah! Imagine a GAF user by the name of HAWKING Radiation, being excited to see these things?
Hawking Radiation Stay Golden, my friend.

 

[AJUMP23]

Universe's elbows too pointy for you?

Yes, Universe knees to sharp, it did not Bang Bigly.

 

[badblue]

Looks like they left the J.J. Abrams lens flare filters on.

 

[Bragr]

Can't see any of your bitches? what a fuck does that even mean.

 

[kevm3]

Looks like a 70s album cover

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Oldest man in the world showing oldest picture of the universe is quite ironic.

 

[PSYGN]

We really are nothing in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Tieno]

Sjeesj, I get dizzy just looking and thinking about that image. Can't wait what else the Webb has in store for us.

 

[Kimahri]

Was Biden subtly referencing Eta Nebula detail?


Always glad to hear of someone else who appreciates their work. Discovered Aleah's demos first with Vapour. Trees is incredible. The name of the band was very catching.

Her voice tickles my brain

 

[Ironbunny]

How small part of the sky the image actually is.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

I would assume it would be people who lack the knowledge or enthusiasm for Space related imagery. Webb is going to be showing us things we cannot see with the naked eye. That alone gets me hyped.

I'm just speaking from experience, NASA always overhype these things and then bungle the presentation.

I'm pretty interested in this stuff but when I first saw it I was like ugh, another deep field, but the picture itself becomes pretty mind boggling when you read the details. It's so far beyond anything Hubble could produce it's insane.

 

[Yoboman]

How small part of the sky the image actually is.

This is incredibly depressing for some reason

 

[EviLore]

We really are nothing in the grand scheme of things.

True, but hairless apes built a rocket taking a giant golden infrared telescope one million miles out in space to observe the early days of the universe thirteen billion years in the past. It’s a pretty cool accomplishment. A few hundred years ago you would be set on fire in the town square for believing that we exist within a cosmos full of stars, and yet here we are.

 

[Tieno]

True, but hairless apes built a rocket taking a giant golden infrared telescope to a specific point one million miles out in space to observe the early days of the universe thirteen billion years in the past. It’s a pretty cool accomplishment. A few hundred years ago you would be set on fire in the town square for believing that we exist within a cosmos full of stars, and yet here we are.

Fuck yeah. It's amazing. I love so many things about what JWT is and stands for. It's absolutely incredible.

I need a Carl Sagan to wax poetically about these images. I miss his voice.

 

[lachesis]

I thought it would be a good background for the next season of dwts - as the bent lights looked like a discoball...

Seriously though. That grain of sand at arm's length didn't sound that impressive, but the video showing of it... dang!
It's literally like zooming into one film grain of a 35mm camera film. Super impressed and would love to see more.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Stuff like this gets me exited to see these new pictures, depressed that I'll never be able to go there and will probably miss out on a lot of cool stuff in the future, and makes me try and understand how big this all this... mindblowing. Just to know there is so much we don't understand and need to discover which when discovered will give way to hopefully amazing new technologies.

 

[niilokin]

Imagine being disappointed by this. You people will fuckin whine about anything huh

looks cross-gen

 

[FunkMiller]

Nobody is disappointed by the image. It’s astonishing. But the presentation was fucking clown shoes.

It’s hard enough to get people interested in this important shit, and fully appreciate what it is they are actually seeing… screwing up the reveal doesn’t help.

 

[Harold Lloyd]

Looks to be a lot of gravitational lensing going on... some very, very big things between us and those galaxies. Can't wait for the exo-planet stuff.

 

[FunkMiller]

For god's sake don't look at the comments that go along with this image on social media.

The level of utter fucking stupidity exhibited by some people really does make me think human evolution is a multi stage process.

 

[V1LÆM]

quite cool i suppose. what's with the lens flare shit happening? and all those galaxies (?) that look stretched out is that really what they look like or is it a lens effect again?

the difference between hubble is impressive. looking forward to the rest of the photos today

 

[blastprocessor]

Incredible

Very good that's what we need comparison shots to show where the $10bn went.

 

[FunkMiller]

quite cool i suppose. what's with the lens flare shit happening? and all those galaxies (?) that look stretched out is that really what they look like or is it a lens effect again?

the difference between hubble is impressive. looking forward to the rest of the photos today

There's a fairly high degree of gravitational lensing going on, which in and of itself is a remarkable thing. Shows that the size of the bodies in front must be bloody huge.

 

[Mistake]

They should have had a scientist do the presentation. People who are actually interested in space are the ones tuning in, so I don’t need to see someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

That photo comparison is quite the difference. We’re going to be learning so much more than we could before, can’t wait

 

[FunkMiller]

This is incredibly depressing for some reason

It's the opposite for me. I love thinking about how absolutely beyond human imagining or comprehension the universe truly is.

 

[ItsGreat]

They should have had a scientist do the presentation. People who are actually interested in space are the ones tuning in, so I don’t need to see someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

That photo comparison is quite the difference. We’re going to be learning so much more than we could before, can’t wait

That's what the briefing today is for. You've got to learn to be patient in this world.

 

[Hoppa]

I don’t know what I’m looking at but space is a pretty cool place I guess

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Hah! Imagine a GAF user by the name of HAWKING Radiation, being excited to see these things?
Hawking Radiation Stay Golden, my friend.

Dirk Benedict We shine golden together my bro

 

[Spaceman292]

That lensing is something else, must be a massive gravity well in that direction.

Does that mean that there's like a giant black hole the size of 1000000 galaxies somewhere in that direction?

 

[MidGenRefresh]

People will be disappointed because most believe that "artists vision" images that we were presented for decades were actual images from space telescopes. People are stupid.

 

[JokerMM]

Does that mean that there's like a giant black hole the size of 1000000 galaxies somewhere in that direction?

No, it could just be galaxies radiate massive gravitational waves that bent light