by nicolaou 7 Replies latest social current
Okay, that's the JAMES WEBB Space Telescope - sorry, couldn't help myself . But really, this is the Human race at it's finest; creative, collaborative, intelligent, aspiring, inquisitive, and QUESTIONING!!
As the late, great Hitch' would say; "far more inspiring than any burning fucking bush!"
The James Webb telescope in pictures: Building a machine to see the beginning of the universe
Happy to see the beloved Hubble make space for this wonder!
For anyone who isn't clear, that grey disc in the picture represents the Hubble mirror - about half as high again as a man. The gorgeous golden honeycomb is the shiny new mirror on the new James Webb telescope.
The whole thing will be sitting out in space about three times as far away as the Hubble - 1,500,000 km. It should "be able to see some of the very first stars formed in the universe, looking back to just 100 million years after the Big Bang. By the time this light reaches Webb it will have travled for about 13.5 billion years"
Cosmic.
looking back to just 100 million years after the Big Bang. By the time this light reaches Webb it will have travled for about 13.5 billion years"-nic
Well very interesting indeed. Thanks Kate xx
You're behind, the big bang is yesterday's theory, the theory today is our entire universe was born from a 4th dimensional black hole and our universe 'i think' resides in this black hole, or it was the result of the black hole collapsing, one or the other. But this new theory supposedly fills in many more holes than are in the big bang theory.
http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-black-holes-singularity/29242/ I meant a 4th dimensional star turning into a black hole. But that link there will get any started interesting in looking it up.
yeah, the light is catching up with us. we have travelled 13.8 years since & out of the big bang too, lucky for us.
now the James Webb will be the newest MITT to catch those wavy photons.
the off topic question is, when will JWs catching up with us here?
The inquisitive nature is something we inherited from our 2 legged evolutionary ancestor. Monkeys also inherited this nature. JW telescope - simians, at their finest!!
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