The James Webb Space Telescope is about to start science operations. Here’s what astronomers are enthusiastic about.
Although Spitzer (launched 2003) was sooner than WISE (launched 2009), it had a bigger mirror and a narrower field-of-view. Even the very first JWST picture at comparable wavelengths, proven alongside them, can resolve the identical options in the identical area to an unprecedented precision. This is a preview of the science we’ll get.
Key Takeaways
- Now that the James Webb Space Telescope has been efficiently launched, deployed, calibrated and commissioned, it is time to start science operations.
- There are going to be some spectacular discoveries coming throughout the first yr, and scientists are salivating for the info: each for what we all know is coming and what shocked could be in retailer.
- Here, on the most recent version of the Starts With A Bang podcast, we get to talk with two analysis professors engaged on the JWST instrument workforce: Dr. Stacey Alberts and Dr. Christina Williams. I could not be extra excited!
It’s now been almost a full six months because the JWST was launched, and we’re on the cusp of getting our first science information and photographs again from some 1.5 million kilometers away. There are all kinds of issues we’re certain to be taught, from discovering the farthest galaxies of all to inspecting particulars in faint, small objects to looking for black holes in dusty galaxies and a complete lot extra. But what’s maybe most enjoyable are the issues we’re going to seek out that we aren’t anticipating, just because we’ve by no means regarded on this explicit style earlier than.
I’m so happy to welcome two friends to the present: Research Professors Dr. Stacey Alberts and Dr. Christina Williams each be part of me this month, and we’ve got a far-ranging dialog about infrared astronomy and all that we’re poised to be taught from exploring the Universe within the infrared as by no means earlier than. If you’re already enthusiastic about JWST and what we’re going to be taught from it, wait till you hearken to this episode!
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