JWST Status Update

[wstrohm]

Webb's First Deep Field Photo
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-s-first-deep-field

More here.

 

[Feartech]

Webb's First Deep Field Photo
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-s-first-deep-field

More here.

 

[wstrohm]

Didn't realize ol' Zod was that far back in time...

 

[wstrohm]

FYI, Netflix will be showing an episode of "Unknown" called "Cosmic Time Machine" tomorrow July 24 (and subsequent). It is a documentary on the history of the JWST from conception through launch.

(TRW Space and Defense won the original $890M prime contract in 1998, the year I retired. Northrup Grumman bought TRW in 2002 and continued the job through to launch.)

 

[P1LGRIM]

NASA App for Smartphones, Tablets and Digital Media Players

The NASA app for Smartphones, Tablets and Digital Media Players

www.nasa.gov

 

[P1LGRIM]

 

[UtterDisbelief]

View attachment 571005

For this I'm going to make up a polite acronym:

FGS !!! (For Goodness Sake!)

That is a remarkable image.

 

[P1LGRIM]

Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world

Nasa's James Webb Telescope may have discovered a molecule thought only to be produced by life.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[wstrohm]

From the NASA WEBB blog Sept. 13, 2023, confirmation of the Hubble Constant by WEBB:

 

[wstrohm]

Planet Formation Theory Supported by WEBB