An astrophysicist explains the first JWST science images
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- The first science images from JWST are absolutely spectacular, but what are we seeing in them and what can learn from them? I've been at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Warwick all week with 500 of my fellow astronomers, and we've been geeking out over the images together - plus getting our hands on some of the first raw data to come off the telescope to see what we can find.
More on the James Webb Space Telescope:
Hear from Dr Sarah Kendrew from the MIRI instrument development team:
See all the early release science project descriptions and proposals here, the data from which is now public: www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-ex...
All raw JWST data that has been made public is accessed via MAST: www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-ex...
For PNGs and/or TIFFs of these images hesd to: webbtelescope.org/news/first-...
Keep up-to-date with all things JWST on the NASA blog: blogs.nasa.gov/webb/
00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Carina Nebula
03:38 - Stephan's Quintet
06:49 - Southern Ring Nebula
08:45 - SMACS 0723
12:28 - WASP-96 b
15:36 - New JWST merch to celebrate
16:14 - Bloopers
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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@Dr. Becky, I think we'll need many more videos from you in the future on JWST's images! 😊 Us science enthusiasts want a great communicator like yourself and thank you for trying to educate us.
Indeed! No one communicates these things like you, Becky! Looking forward to hearing more. 😊
Becky and Anton are the best, absolute top of the top
Agreed!
@acedudeism the vacuum of space is not an absolute void. Earth exists in the vacuum of space. The earth is something. “Space” just has relatively less of every compared to what we experience here on earth.
@acedudeism it's been called that for so very long that we're not going to be changing what it's called just because you can't discern the difference between the vacuum of space and a near-absolute or absolute vacuum. Plenty of us know what it means, since, you know, we went to science class in middle school where we learned that fact. 🙄
As a layperson I looked at these images and thought they were beautiful and compelling. But your explanations elevated them to beyond profoundly exciting. Thank you, and enjoy!
So far JWST has been a huge success. The launch was near perfect, saving on fuel which gives it more lifespan than expected. The unfolding, flawless. The calibration process, flawless. And now the revealing of the first images, spectacular. I was blown away by it. Sent them to my family and friends and they too were blown away. These designers, engineers, scientists and constructors are just genius and I'm very grateful that I can get the results of their work. Very well done and executed. Goosebumps.
"...lifespan..."
As I've said elsewhere, you are 100% correct.
@@gtrmusic69 yes
I have a question after the beehive telescope went viral.
Has anyone asked the nasa team that built the beehive telescope, whether it requires knowledge to built something that requires knowledge to comprehend?
If it requires 30 years of knowledge and ability to build the beehive telescope, and I'm the first to call it that, then surely smart people like that must have come to the conclusion that the universe that requires greater knowledge to comprehend must require knowledge and ability to build it? Or are they consistent with their theories?
If they confirm chance and random events for the universe, why deny the same process for the telescope?
And if they deny it for the telescope why not for the universe?
Allah سبحانه وتعالى said,
وَإِن يَرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling, they would say: "Clouds heaped up!" [At-Tur 52:44]
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? [Al-Anbiyaa' 21:30]
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof. [Adh-Dhaariyaat 51:47]
سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
We will show them Our Ayat (Signs) in the universe, and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest unto them that this (the Qur'an) is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things? [Fussilat 41:53]
يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ
They know only the outside appearance of the life of the world, and they are of the Hereafter, heedless. [Ar-Rum 30:7]
وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلَّا الدَّهْرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
And they say: "There is nothing but our life of this world, we die and we live and nothing destroys us except Ad-Dahr (time)." And they have no knowledge of it: they only conjecture. [Al-Jaathiyah 45:24]
وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ
And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's Path. They follow nothing but conjectures, and they do nothing but lie. [Al-An'aam 6:116]
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَآثَارًا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Have they not travelled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them? They were more in number than them and mightier in strength, and in the traces (they left behind) in the land; yet all that they used to earn availed them not.
فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
Then when their Messengers came to them with clear proofs, they were glad (and proud) with that which they had of the knowledge (of worldly things). And that which they used to mock at surrounded them (i.e. the punishment). [Ghaafir 40:82-83]
I’m so impressed with the geniuses that designed Hubble and JWST. And to set it in a million mile orbit from us. To be part of that team is a dream.
@FREE HUMAN dead?
There is no orbit, Earth is plane and stationery🛎Nothing gets through the dome, period!
@@epw0031 Ignore it. It's a dumbass spreading fake news
@@epw0031 It's not, but it did get damaged
Increadible how many never before seen stars, galaxies, and details JWST can spot in just a matter of minutes. Remember we are in for this for years.
Hopefully
The level of detail is amazing, and the fact that these images took minutes to hours to obtain instead of weeks just shows how powerful the JWST is.
Also, I remember that there were 344 single-point failures in the spacecraft, and thinking that SOMETHING would go wrong, but nothing did! Kudos to the engineers!
@@anticharlatan5823 yeah they double checked everything this time no chance to fix unlike hubble
Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him!
Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better!
Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him!! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed!!
Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.
I am 40 now. I've waited since they first talked about JWST when I was 17.... this was absolutely worth it and we have 20 years of amazing data, science and beautiful images to look forward to. The fact that we literally could discover life on another planet with this telescope just blows my mind. I can't wait to see what the future of JWST brings us!
It would be fun to discover an earthlike with lots of oxegen in its atmosphere.
Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him!
Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better!
Have a blessed day, everyone!! ❤
Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed!!
Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.
@@Call_Upon_YAH Hey! Did you know you're a complete idiot! No one wants to hear your bulls..t fairytale garbage...
@@Call_Upon_YAH blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
The clarity, even magnifying one area of the image, is just phenomenal. I'm blown away photographically on these images and the wealth of information able to be contained from the various visual methods of reading the light is mind boggling. Thank you so much Dr Becky for sharing all this with us. You're incredible. ❤️
The NIRCam photo of the Carina Nebula in full resolution is absolutely incredible! I started to fiddle around with it in Photoshop. Wow! The details you can find when adjusting the contrast of a smaller part of the picture is truly amazing!
These images are mind blowing the advancement we have made since Hubble is outstanding
Fully agree but in my opinion the image of the Carina nebula taken by Hubble is more beautiful, purely from an aesthetic standpoint
@@jamesbroad5056 i love both but James is more detailed
interesting, to me it looks like they just took the Hubble pictures and slapped a couple more photoshop layers on them
And this is just it, as a Lamborghini, running in 1st gear!!!
@@BBRRiiAANN That's because you're looking at scaled down compressed versions on a cell phone screen from a youtube video. Look at the original lossless 125mb images on a proper screen.
May I just say the joy in all of your eyes when it got dropped was just so freaking endearing. I thank you all for your work. It is truly revolutionary.
to show my little 7 & 5 year old girls this video before we set the telescope up tonight.
The genuine excitement Becky has for her research is the main reason I watch her videos about space over anyone else's.
The reaction of the astrophysicists and the images brings tears to my eyes .
Witnessing the excitement of a seasoned scientist is SO refreshing! It’s blowing her mind to see this new information and I love it! Thank you 🤗
I’ve been a huge fan of space exploration and discovery ever since I was a kid. My grandpa and I used to get up in the middle of the night and watch meteor showers, comets, and heat lightning. Great memories and great inspiration for curious minds!
Awesome video Dr. Becky. its so nice to see you so exited and happy at these amazing images. You'll be an inspiration to thousands of young men and women everywhere, you make it fun and informative
MIRI, the add-on that NASA didn't want-
How spectacular!
*BIG Thanks* to all the European and International astronomers who fought for that package.
MIRI is the discovery engine of the whole program - viewing the heavens in ways that are impossible from Earth. If you're needing to justify the expense then this is the way to do it.
I'm 43, and I was so excited and couldn't contain my emotions. I haven't been that excited since I went on a field trip to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Our school was less than an hour from Huntsville, so that was a regular field trip that I got to take from 5th grade till 12th. I would have loved to seen these pics at the 3D IMAX theater at the USSaRC
Becky, your enthusiasm for astrophysics is contagious. Thanks for giving us an extra insight into how meaningful Webb is for science, I'm even more psyched than before!
How is it meaningful? Can you verify anything espoused at all for yourself?
If I'm watching a video on astronomy/astrophysics, you know the channel host is great at explaining this stuff.
Most excellent images from the JWST. This is a whole new level of seeing the universe. It's very impactful for people to see beyond our boundaries. It give me a lot of hope for the future of astronomy.
Even with the wonders of Hubble, I just realized that I have been waiting for JWST my ENTIRE life (not time in development lol). I was a kid space nerd in the 50/60s getting a taste of things, the Space Race, Mariners, even Venera, and Voyagers, etc. Now, I'm crosseyed from too much JWST image viewing, and having a spiritual ecstasy at the same time. I'm so glad I lived long enough to see JWST as an adult space nerd!
@@LemonLadyRecords I'm a bit younger (watched the first moon landing on TV as a small kid), but I can relate to that - JWST is a greater achievement than I first thought (I knew that it would be great, but not this level of great ;-)).
This is so beautiful! And you are such a great communicator! Keep up the good work, we need more people like you. 🙂
You're always a pleasure to watch, but your pure excitement and wonder for these images just puts the BIGGEST GRIN on my face. you make my day every time you release a video! Thanks so much Dr Becky!
I have been tracking the JWST news everyday but just found ur channel and ur enthusiasm is contagious and ur eyes light up when u talk about all the new discoveries can't wait to learn more from u. U are the reason little girls and boys are learning science and space is so awesomely cool. TY for ur dedication and being such a role model even if u think ur not.
As soon our family knew that these images would be released, we couldn’t wait to hear your reaction and interpretations. Thank you for all that you do. The images are spectacular. I can’t wait to see the future images.
I can tell this really is something you have tremendous excitement for. I wish Dr. Sagan was still alive to see this. You guys would have a field day with this stuff.
I'm so excited. What a wonderful time we live in.
Sagan is probably out there among the stars already anyway.
@@mr.b4444 no, he's dead
@@colinsouthern did I say it was a joke ... 🇷🇺
fascism on the rise renders this anything but a wonderful time to live
He already had the time of his life in the great era of science exploration. Some of the instances are Apollo Missions, Viking Mission, Soviet Probe to Venus, Voyagers Spacecrafts etc.
I was really excited when I saw this pictures first time and even more excited when I thought that you'll cover them in a video. Absolutely love your enthusiasm, how you present to us, and there's always something new to learn.
Keep up the good work D-r Becky!
Thank you, Dr. B. I needed your explanation. When I look at the JWST images I see stars and galaxies as I have seen in the wonderful Hubble images over the years. Your explanation opens up a deep appreciation of the potential what the JWST images mean to those who can delve into the data. Keep up the good work translating the complexity for the many of us who want to understand the significance of the JWST data. Thank you. Cheers, Nick in NZ.
I have been looking forward to your remarks almost as much as I've waited for the images themselves!
it's hard to comprehend how gigantic is the universe actually
You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space
It's rather big ey
Here’s some perspective: if the universe were shrunk down to the size of our solar system, then the Milky Way would be the size of a hydrogen atom. “Inconceivable” doesn’t even come close to describing it. We can’t even conceive of one light year, which is about 6 trillion miles (that’s six million million miles!), and the observable universe is 93 billion light years in diameter. And the observable universe is probably a tiny speck in comparison to what the true, unobservable universe is. It may even be infinite. But our universe alone is practically infinite for us.
@@dathaniel9403 Describing our universe as infinitely large is probably more true than we realize.
Your brain can’t even fathom it…..
I cant decide what I'm more struck by .. these incredible images that JWST is giving us.. or the sheer delight on Dr Beckys face and the way her eyes light up like a little child opening their presents on Christmas day... i think Dr Becky just pips it 😊❤️😊
I agree, was just thinking the same thing
The enthusiasm from Dr. Becky is so genuine and infectious, great educational content too, keep up the great work!
Yes, and she’s gorgeous too. Sorry for being off topic.
Thank you for breaking this down for us Dr. Becky. I have loved watching the videos on this, even when I don't understand everything. I feel like I've gotten more out of your videos, and I think your infectious enthusiasm is part of that. The universe is amazing, and an endless source of knowledge.
That’s wonderful to hear - thanks for watching
@@DrBecky It's our pleasure. Yours and the Astrum channel are my nephew and my favorite astronomy channels. It makes me so happy to see him excited and curious about science and astronomy. It must have been how I looked watching Mr. Wizard as a kid. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm for learning with us, old and young. It really means a lot in this world.
i was going to say something similar then i saw this comment. So let me add my thank you for all yo do to make the images we are seeing understandable on a basic level. Most will see the images and be drawn to their beauty but they are so much more meaningful when you have a true understanding of what you are seeing.
She's so sexy, her skin is glowing!
So, there is already in these few pictures enough data for some astrophysicists whole career! I think we will have a lot of great data from JWST and I totally get your excitement. This really is like getting new glasses. Hubbles pictures were already great, but this is just incredible! Seems that you will not be bored in the next years.
I just love your excitement Dr. Becky. It is extremely infectious. So very much looking forward to seeing your future videos breaking down the images from JWST.
Extremely decietful🙂
I'm so happy for you. You're glowing! keep telling me all the things. I love what you do. What an exciting time to be alive.
I just love how excited you are! Never lose that.
The most amazing thing to me about these images is that even very distant supermassive black holes can be bright enough to generate the spikey pattern in Webb's optics, and also that the resolution is plenty high enough to see that when zoomed in even though the galaxy may look like only a tiny spot in the overall image.
A lot of astronomers have been freaked out by that - They did not expect the resolution to be good enough to produce those spikes. The downside though is there are a lot of great objects we can not photograph because they are just too bright. You know, anything within a billion light years of Earth lol
@@glenchapman3899 yes the closest stars can't be investigated and that's a bit shit. Alpha centauri could have been so good
@@glenchapman3899 Hi, I have a filter I have to put on my camera to get the spikes from lights. I thought they were an added feature rather than something that just happens. It appears I was wrong! Makes the photos look like picture postcards, which I wouldn`t mind if the spikes were added in post processing. Did the spikes surprise the JWST team, I wonder?
@@andrewbraybrook6410 They expected the spikes in general, that's just due to the way the telescope is constructed. What they were surprised by was that an object so far away was so bright it produced them. That means the telescope is unexpectedly sensitive
@@andrewbraybrook6410 I don't think they were surprised. Those spikes are quite well known artifacts, which form even in your eye if you look at a bright light source and squint your eye. I think anybody working with optics knows this stuff. Something about those spikes can be read here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike
I love just trying to find a crazy details in the backgrounds, of these images. I'm so happy this thing is exceeding expectations, even from the people who built it.
It's a star camera and its taking pictures of stars.
It's thrilling to see you, and all of your colleagues, so excited to be receiving such amazing new pictures and information. Just happy for you :-)
My jaw dropped when I saw each image, but Stephans Quintet really blew me away. To be able to zoom in on individual stars like the image of Andromeda was just incredible and the galaxies photo bombing in the background just puts into perspective how ridiculously small we are. I can't wait for astrophysicists to delve into the data in greater detail
it's hard to comprehend how gigantic is the universe actually
@@asktoseducemiss434 it's mind boggling
You have no clue what youre looking at
@@saltybits9954 thank you for your kind words
Truth is not always kind
I actually have the deep field image set as my phone's background. The fact that each tiny, hazy red dot in the background is a full-on galaxy with billions of stars of its own blows my mind each time I look at the image, and it never fails to distract me from whatever thoughts are troubling me at the moment.
I downloaded the official poster and set it as my lock screen also!!! Seeing that image broke my brain for a few seconds lol
That early on they are mostly going to be small proto galaxies only a fraction of the size of the ones we see in our local group today, and ours is unusually large compared to most of them , so you could probably fit dozens of those little red blobs inside the milky way
If this blows your mind, just look at all of it in the context of the living Solar Logos. Mind supernova-ed
@@carpediemarts705 what?
Yeah, it's nice to have that kind of feeling every time you pick up your phone.
These are exciting times. Thank you so much for sharing!!! I can't tell you how much I appreciate how you explain the science so I can understand it and your enthusiasm. YOU are appreciated.
I love this! The photos are mind blowing but I really get off on her excitement and the way she describes the pictures. I subscribed. This is one smart woman who knows what she’s talking about. Plus, I love her voice. This James Webb scope is astounding. What an age to live in. Thank you so much Dr. B!
I just subscribed to your channel because your enthusiasm and excitement of being an astrophysicist is outstanding. You take pride in explaining everything in this video. It was a pleasure watching the overwhelming joy you have. Bravo Doc!
As an autodidect who loves astronomy and science I first saw these photos then noticed I was crying. Nothing has moved me to tears like that since releasing 7 healthy monarchs last fall.
Thank you for the excellent breakdown of all the photos. Dr. Becky ROCKS!
Your enthusiasm is contagious and exciting. This is just what we need to inspire future scientists. Thank you.
Your passion and excitement are so contagious. Thanks for this video.
the "look at this graph!!" at the end had me dying😂
Beautiful breakdown and explaination of what it is that is presented in the images!
I had already seen a video on the images prior by Anton - I forget his last name. but i loved every min of this!!
Anton Petrov.
Anton is a great guy and does a brilliant job. Him and Dr. Becky complement each other. They both mention the science while helping us understand in their own way the topic. Petrov is his last name.
@@rosellabill he doesn't care about his last name 😂
"Hello, wonderful person!"
Hoping one of the RUclips astrophysicists can explain the graph in more detail, beyond "the spectra observed during the exoplanet transit shows water is present. "
Dr. Colon of NASA started to go deeper on Star Talk. Maybe she would join you on a longer video?
Does the graph represent the no-planet spectra subtracted from the during-transit spectra? Why is water indicated at multiple wavelenghs? What do the verical bars (and all other details in the graph) represent? How does Webb construct a spectrum? If no prism is used, then does it digitally go through at all possible wavelengths? Would be very much appreciated.
@@WhatsNextVideos Thanks for this info. I did not know he had another gig. What do you think happened. Quit?
Thank you for this video and the clarity and enthusiasm with which you have explained these amazing images!
I've been waiting for the first images to come out since I discovered the JWST project 4 years ago and it's so cool to finally see them. More than that, to have your explanation of the pictures is amazing since I definitely don't know all the most exciting sciency aspects of the information. Thank you for diving into these!
I've been following the James Webb Space Telescope ever since it launched. My sense of wonder is more than it's been in a long time. How exciting! I noticed the edge-on galaxy, the two stars in the center of the nebula, the lensing. I can't wait for more awesomeness to follow! (And yet, much more awesomeness is yet to come from *these* pictures.)
There’s really a sense that the JWST is going to reveal something really dramatic isn’t there. Something like signs of life, or something new about the beginning of our section of the universe, or more planets like earth. Hopefully something new we haven’t even thought to ask yet. That would be cool. But mostly more cool stuff about black holes (just for you Dr Becky)
Its just gonna take one earth like with atmosphere components near enough to our own to basically allow us to say... there are other 'Earths' out there. Then if we find one with signatures of life or even industrial signatures and boom... history in the making.
Im looking forward to it.
They said the images will be less spectacular, because of the infrared, and showed the pillars picture as an example.
Yeah, maybe some of them will be less spectacular, but others are MORE spectacular, because infrared is where they really “shine”.
The images taken by MIRI, the mid infrared imaging camera sees in much longer wavelengths so it is understandable that they would be less sharp than the NIRCAM images which are in the near infrared. Nevertheless the MIRI images are still sharper than Hubble's images.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 It is not the resolution, but the color. Many of the well known colorful object become transparent when we capture them by JWST.
That’s true, there are colorful object in visible light spectrum, which are less beautiful in IR. However there are other objects, which are not as spectacular in visible light, but very colorful in IR.
@@juzoli Thanks for responding back.
I have been looking forward to your detailed video of these images. I always learn SOOO much from your videos. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. I'm looking forward to your research expansion utilizing Webb! Congrats on getting some amazing Galaxy and black hole information. Love the new Webb and images merch!
Great to see your utter excitement with your job Dr B.
These images are just the first of millions to come from JWST 🤩🤩
Been looking forward to hearing your explanation this week!
Yay - I was looking forward to your exciting explanations! What an incredible achievement!
I saw an article that stated they were underwhelmed by the first five images. Exit that, proceed to here.
Thank you for posting. Liked and Subscribed. I have been waiting for JWST for a very long time. It will prove we are not alone I think.
The images and data released is outstanding. Totally breathtaking.
What an amazing story the James Webb telescope is. And we’re only on page one. So much more to come. Exciting times.
One of the cool things about orbiting L2 is that JWST can stare at the same area of space continuously accumulating data much faster while Hubble and earth based telescopes have two wait for as the next orbit/day to get the earth out of the way.
Good point👍. JWST is the gift that will just keep giving. I agree with Dr. Becky that I could stare at these for hours-especially the deep space image with gravitational lending. WOW!
Could you clarify why orbiting L2 provides such an advantage? L2 in the frame of reference of the Sun moves around as Earth itself since it is on a Sun-Earth "radius". Is it because it is so much "higher" (from the PoV of Earth ground) in the sky that there is no "horizon" and it could continuously point to the same zone without the Earth or Sun getting in the way?
@@lxndrlbr Yes, you pretty much answered your own question.
The galaxy in the Stephan's Quintet on the left, that you mention seeing individual stars in is much closer than the others in the picture. I believe that one is about six times closer than the rest of them. I absolutely love your videos, your enthusiasm is very contagious, and your explanations are very easy to understand for the simple layperson. Keep up the good work!
Imagine some alien civilization from another galaxy, having made a telescope similiar to JWST, seeing individual stars of a galaxy looking at our own star, the Sun. Just like 4:20 any of those stars could host alien life, this is insane
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Keep up the good work. I loved the image of the hydrogen circulating the black hole. Mind blowing how good this instrument is.
my dear Dr B! thank you, so much, for this video. the photos are amazing, but, your explanation of what we're seeing made them so much better! and, love the bloopers! they never fail to bring, at least, a smile. some times, i laugh uproariously! i'll be watching for more!
Been waiting to get the lowdown from you. :-) I think the think that kills me about the Stephan's Quintet image is that the points of light in the background aren't stars but entire galaxies themselves. Even super-distant galaxies are no longer the coolest thing in the images! As someone old enough to remember when people's minds were blown by the first Voyager pictures from Jupiter in the late 70s, these pictures are an unalloyed delight for me.
The James Webb is a absolutely fantastic gift to science and I am excited to see what it will help us discover
To all humanity really. Can you imagine just how many kids will aspire to be scientists because of this instrument.
I was waiting for this videos since the release of the images and now that I've watched it I'm happy ☺️
Absofreaking amazing images. Love your enthusiasm. Contagious. Spot on video. Cheers from Canada👍😎🇨🇦❤️🏹
When I look to the comparison between both images (the ones from Hubble and the ones from JWST) I find it amazing how much more stuff you see with this new equipment. We didn't imagine how much stuff was there when we had the Hubble images only. Now imagine the same effect when we get another telescope in the future and we compare those images to the ones from JWST. Just.. imagine.. This blows my mind. Also, thank you once again for being so informative and so dedicated to the subject. I love your enthusiasm! In other news: I feel like we are very close to find life outside earth (in the same or in a different form that we all know). This kind of stuff is the meaning of life for me. I wish I could work on a related project.. this is my passion. Cheers!
I respect that you think Stephan's Quintet was the most engaging image but for me, the Southern Ring Nebula...wow. Simply amazing.
The binary star system in the middle is delightfully unexpected. Little blue star says to dusty red dwarf: "Even after you blow up, I'll still be here, being your friend."
Nicely summarised Dr B, worthy of a subscription me thinks ...
... done :)
Best shirt design I’ve seen in a long long time. Had to buy it. Love the enthusiasm too! These images are spectacular and I’ve already spent hours zooming in and out.
Becky, you're the Steve Irwin of space! Your passion for this topic is absolutely contagious and makes you a fantastic ambassador for the field of astrophysics.
When I first saw the images I kept looking for that little phrase "artists impression" they were so incredibly detailed, my mind is blown and like you said, this was week 1!
First off, I love your love and enthusiasm for your field of work. Scientists like you are my true intellectual heroes.
Second, thank you so much for keeping us informed about your field of study and what is being learned.
Thirdly, I would like is when showing images, use your mouse or use an image editor on your computer to circle, outline, and draw arrows to point out the specific things in an image you are talking about.
And finally, when do you anticipate being able to use the telescope for your own observations? You must be absolutely ecstatic that you will get to do that. That puts you in a small, elite group of scientists with those kind of privileges. I think that is soooo cooool! You go, Dr. Becky!
Thank you Dr Becky or is it Dr Sarah for your excitement and explanation of what you see. Great job and truely infectious. The immensity of the cosmos and the science is just so amazingly wonderfull.
Your joy and enthusiasm is inspiring Doc -
thanks for your clarifying and informative explanations - you are really doing a service for all us non-astrophysicists.
These incredible images and data were gathered in just 5 days and JWST has a possible operational lifespan of 20 years? Yeah, we are in for a wild ride for sure! And thank you for giving us mere mortals an insight in to the excitement within the astronomical community. Bring on the data!!!!
And theyre all fake even!
I sure do appreciate the straightforward explanation of what is there and the excitedness of the unknown. I love the content. Thank you!
This deserves more views. These images and explanations are amazing
becky, you have blown our minds once again, the first deep space image i have seen was the area of space devoid of any stars at all taken by hubble, and now these extraordinary images by JWST. The merch drop is awesome too, got my order in, cant wait for it to arrive :D
So so beautiful. The JWST images....
love your enthusiasm Dr Becky, it is so infectious.
Im a tourist guide used to speak to groups and audiences in various languages and can tell she is a great storyteller and posseses a very engaging tone. Her looks are a plus. Best video I have seen so far on the subject, new contents and details I had not seen on those others. Bravo!
I'm in absolute awe. As a young lad, Hubble launched on my birthday and since then, I've always had my head up to the night sky. To see JWST further peer through the dust and peel back the layers makes me tingle. A massive thank you to the amazing minds like Dr. Becky bringing this to people like me (congrats on your 2022 Winton award!). Can't wait to show my little 7 & 5 year old girls this video before we set the telescope up tonight.
I kind of feel that the universe would be tremendously proud of humans for such discoveries had it been able to do so of course.
Very exciting!
... and dreading us getting interstellar flight.
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle Interstellar flight? We will never reach that stage. At best we will live in a Mad Max type world by the end of this century. Thanks to scotus and other idiots...
Climate action ASAP!
We _are_ the universe observing itself! I know _I'm_ proud.
I agree, but on the contrary : The destruction of our planet: climate chance, genocide, starvation, war......... Putin, Trump, Chi Jing Ping, Bolsonaro, Al Asad, bin Salman, Ayatolla, Myanmar, Orbán...... Maduro, Morales, Ortega, Fernandez, -CUBA - Duterte..and so on.
He's both proud, and incredibly disappointed. Just like any father. Except that He knows our future, so He doesn't have to wonder if we'll fix our brokenness.
There’s something really nice to see someone who is really doing what they love /seeing something for the first time. She looks as happy and extremely excited. It’s amazing for people in general but for people who work in this field it’s probably the best high.
I am not a professional astronomer, but I love learning about the universe. When new astronomical news/images/discoveries are released to the general public, Dr. Becky has quickly become the first person who's reaction I immediately look for. She is an excellent edutainment source. She explains what I am seeing in ways I doubt I would have figured out on my own (at least in a reasonable time frame), and her enthusiasm keeps me engaged and wanting to learn more. JWST has just ensured that I will be glued to Dr. Becky's channel for years to come.
The thing that JWST has done is reinforced my believe that there is life and indeed advanced intelligence out there. However, it has also shown me that we will likely never see/meet them due to the sheer vastness of the void.
Can't wait for more data on atmospheres though. Great vid (well so far, still watching 👀)
What should we do to get advanced intelligence to earth. The current population is clearly not very advanced or intelligent enough to solve even the mundane problems of the world.
Wonder we might be able to detect warped space highways or zero space bubbles opening
Maybe the Advance Intelligence out there care more about their solar system than meeting the other forms of life. They are busy evolving themselves to be better rather than building things that can destroy life.
Pretty much, yeah. Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Almost certainly, even if it is astoundingly rare as seems likely. However the distances are so huge that it's unlikely in the extreme that we'll ever actually confirm that. But here's a more interesting thought. These things we are observing at extreme distances are objects in the past. Due to the speed of light we are looking backwards in time. Hence even if life has originated somewhere else in the universe, the light we're seeing now was emitted millions or billions of years before it ever existed or had time to evolve. _If_ it ever existed. It's highly arrogant of us to assume that life is abundant in the universe. We only have _one_ data point: Earth. Life exists here, but we have no information that indicates that life exists anywhere else. We don't even _know_ the mechanism for how life arises, although there are some strong postulates. All we know is that life is here, in this thin film around a wet rock, and that it expands to all parts of it until it reaches the great sterilizer: The vacuum of open space and its radiation. _Could_ it happen elsewhere? Certainly. _Did_ it happen elsewhere? No data. How common is it? Impossible to tell without more data.
Well we could set up a liquid crystal shutter system that maintains an orbit around the Sun so that it is always between the Sun and the other star system. The shutter could then open and close at intervals sending prime numbers, like in the movie Contact. So we could basically send out all our knowledge, a news feed. After the 20 or 100 years depending on the LY distance they could start doing the same. We would be collaborating with another intelligent life form. It would be slow, we'd have to wait for return signals. We could start sending to nearby systems with goldielocks planets. How big would the shutter have to be?
Thank you for sharing this, I've always been interested in space, stars, stuff that galaxies are made of and space itself. I'm an artist and painter, but I feel if I had not studied art then astronomy would have been something id love to have done. I do think that having a creative mind is something you all must have in order to picture, visualise and imagine. I've been so excited for the first images to be shown that when they went live I was, like yourself, blown away and I have to say I almost cried... I've been fed on Kepler and Hubble images and watched documentaries on both and VLT. I'm never bored with watching and listening to others who have a far greater understanding of what they are seeing than I. But I've always had a curious mind and I've always wanted to know more about the cosmos and our place within it, and hopefully be around when life itself is detected, either microbial or something more, either way, the implications for all of us will be incredible. What a time to be an astronomer! Keep up the great work. I also follow you on Twitter so I can keep up to date. "Live Long and Prosper"
Awesome! Thhanks Dr. Becky!
Love your explanations! Beautiful and charming Dr. Becky really is good at doing this!!!
A small correction at 3:58; not all 5 galaxies are interacting. NGC7320, the one on the left, which we can see the filament like structures and individual stars is actually a foreground galaxy, not interacting with the other four.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This is so exciting. I'm a novice, at best, when it comes to cosmology. But I'm very excited to see what new things we can learn about the universe from these and future images from the jwst.
Mind blown! Thanks so much for this very accessible explanation of what we are seeing!
Absolutely love the passion you have for your chosen field.
I love how even the optical "glitch" such as the difraction pattern is actually helping with these observations. If we had a perfect mirror without any defects would we be even able to pinpoint those supermassive black holes without hours of analizing the actual data? But with this pattern all you really need is to look at the picture and go like yep, another quasar
That's a really good point. I wonder if it is more positive than negative.
You must be a very good mathematician to see those "black holes"
The actual ”data”🙂100% BS🌎🐑
@@larsgsanger3105 you a flat earther?
@@GameTimeWhy Absolutely, you’d better start getting use to it🍏We’re sittin on the evidence🐆🐆🐆🐆
There's something priceless about getting the Universe through the eyes of someone who has such a rich analogical foundation due to their own curiosity, empathy and pursuit into the science tackling its mysteries. Thank you so much for putting this together, we're all greater for it.
Good presentation, awesome images! Thanks for sharing, Dr. Becky!
Your enthusiasm is infectious!
In the world of crappy click bate, there is hope of real content coming from Dr. Becky. Thanks for bring your valuable insight to us novices and taking the time to explain what you're seeing. You're awesome!
It's a good time to be an astrophysicist. I am not one, but I know that JWST was important to humanity, but your enthusiasm for it, and the data it produces is absolutely wonderful. It feels good to be human. Thank you.
Thank you for your incredible explanation of these mind blowing images. Your passion and joy come through and am excited to follow this epic adventure. Thank you, I have subscribed.
Dear Dr. Becky: Your joy is infectious. Thank you for infecting me 💜💛💚