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Breezyacorn t1_irgbjwh wrote

I started sobbing when I read the description. The universe is such an incredible place. I feel so, so small.

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ToBeeContinued t1_irgbu1d wrote

Do you think they’ll ever take the name of the guy who purged LGBTQ+ people from NASA off of it?

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jondiced t1_irgdcx7 wrote

Replying to ToBeeContinued (#54,414)

Yeah lots of astronomers aren't super happy about it. There was a petition that NASA leadership rejected, but maybe one will succeed in the future. At least the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is diversifying the pool of observatory names a little.

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BreastMilkPopsicles t1_irgdwx2 wrote

Is there a reason we still haven't seen any of the juicy stuff from JWST? Like more spectrometry of exo planet atmospheres.... maybe a certain system with 7 exoplanets?

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FaceWithAName t1_irgfux6 wrote

I'm happy that the nice people at r/space shared us a reddit link that directed us to a Twitter link.

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[deleted] t1_irggpt4 wrote

Replying to jondiced (#54,587)

I know, but I don't really see any additional features in this image. Looks like it's just absorption in both wavelength ranges. I'm sure they can get valuable info about the composition by analyzing the ratio between different wavelength bands, but it still looks qualitatively similar.

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waremi t1_irgiwth wrote

How Meta is this?

I clicked on the title of this post.

Then clicked on the image in that page which took me to another Reddit post.

Then clicked on the image in that post which took me to a twitter thread.

Then clicked on the image in the twitter thread

which finally opened up the picture.

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kevman_2008 t1_irgo6nc wrote

Link to the actual photo to skip all the redirects

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shindleria t1_irgp39r wrote

Our furthest probe has only travelled a little over half that distance from the Earth.

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IWantAHoverbike t1_irgwz6w wrote

What would it cost to make an absolutely enormous birthday cake, put this photo inside it, and send it off on a solar escape trajectory to arrive there in a few billion years?

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Lo_Gravity_Chill t1_irh29e9 wrote

Awww wook at the wittle baby planetary system! So cute and tiny !

Adding /s since my comment is not actually serious

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ReturnOfDaSnack420 t1_irh3wt6 wrote

Replying to BreastMilkPopsicles (#54,520)

I know I'm on pins and needles wanting to get info on the Trappist system as well. That said apparently data from JWST is proprietary to the research teams for the first twelve months (after that is free to the world) and with something this big no research team will want to jump the gun, so it'll be a while I imagine until we get any news.

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BruceBanning t1_irh6b4e wrote

This is so sick. FYI, the disc is not actually tapered at the center, it’s just the star shining through.

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WrongPurpose t1_irigrx9 wrote

Replying to BreastMilkPopsicles (#54,520)

The Astronomers who request time and observations get a few months exclusive access to that specific data, so they can write their papers about it. I would guess beginning of next year we will start seeing daily releases of pictures and data then taken 6-12 months ago.

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danielravennest t1_irj5rb1 wrote

Replying to BreastMilkPopsicles (#54,520)

The way science works, they can't release their data until the research articles are published. People involved with JWST from the start of the project have priority this first year of observations

Also, early observations need to be calibrated by looking at known objects. We know how the instruments were designed to perform, but without calibration we don't know how they actually perform. That's one reason some of the early pictures are of Jupiter and other solar system bodies. We know what those look like and how bright they are.

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danielravennest t1_irj6qtb wrote

Replying to IWantAHoverbike (#55,343)

We don't know, because of the arrival paradox. If technology is improving, a later mission can travel faster and arrive sooner. So there is no reason to attempt a trip until (1) the trip time is short enough that you won't be overtaken by a faster mission, or (2) technology has reached some limit and isn't improving.

For interstellar trips, neither condition is met right now. For solar system trips, we are working on better propulsion such that any trip over 20 years that started today is likely to be overtaken.

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