I'm a scientist and I understand how the telescope works on paper. But to see an actual marvel of engineering in such a specific orbit with specific ways of looking at our universe, and thinking of what amount of collective effort went into making this - all that makes me incredibly proud to be part of the story that is human civilization. Hats off to each and every human who contributed to this immense success - from the scientific minds who imagined this to the manual workers who kept facilities running. A big big thank you to each and every one of those humans.
It was so tense and frustrating for so many years, but now the science is pouring out like a geyser. So exciting to see all these new discoveries week after week. Not just answers but more questions. :-)
And despite man's many great scientific achievements, in the end *it will* mean absolutely nothing. While they are looking far into the universe they should looking far into the Bible which is vastly (IRONY) more important. Granted the Bible does not tell us the secrets of the universe. But that is not the purpose of the Bible. Looking up through a telescope does that. Granted Yahweh absolutely did create our universe to inspire awe, wonder and marvel the beauty of it specifically for us to view and observe. But scientists are focusing too much on the universe and not enough on the creator of the universe.
One of the hard limits for web is the gas in it's ion thrusters that it uses to stay in L2. They had some gas set aside for spinning JWST in case one of the pins gets stuck, and needs to be shaken loose. All the pins worked perfectly.
On my third liter of beer, and I have observed that the more beer, the more agreement. But more beer will have to be examined in order to find the mathematical correlation...
Hi :) My name is Snow Gibson. The JWST inspired me to start to work on getting a bachelors degree in physics. I've been completely captivated by all of the amazing discoveries since it was released, and I dont want to just read about them... I want to participate in the research and discoveries going on! Thank you for summarizing the first year of discoveries made by the JWST. Beautiful.
So cool ! That is amazing I wish I would have done something like that. I didn’t realize I had mind for it till later in life because I hated school so much. I remember thinking why didn’t they teach us all this cool stuff in school?
You are totally right! I shouldn’t limit my self like that… what are you going to try to get into? Like research or rocket science? What are you thinking? I’m so stoked some the younger generation is exited about space. It was always huge in my family my Grandfather worked for NASA in the 70’s
@goldengoat1737 Aw wow! That's really cool! :) I'm going to try to take astronomy and astrophysics and maybe try to become an astrophysicist 🤞 I heard astronomy is just data analysis these days, but I'm still interested In the end, I could see myself leading a research team
I've been on the hunt for good science creators that aren't Star Talk or Veritasium and I think this guy really really fits the bill. Good stuff Fraser.
Seems like everything balances out. Regardless of what happens on the micro scale here everything we see was here long before us and will be here long after us.
Amazing job editing this video. I absolutely love how you zoomed into areas providing context and scale to what we are looking at. Plus, I really enjoyed the comparisons to Hubble imagery. This video really shows the power of JWST, and I wish more people covering this topic would put their videos together in a similar way. Us nerds know what we are looking at and understand light years, but no one else has a clue. I think this gets taken for granted. You've set the bar Fraser Cain.
I'm so glad that I live in the JWST era. I'm old enough to remember the launch and deployment of Hubble, and I'm happy it went as well as it did. I'm most curious as to how many people are going to earn their PhD because of JWST.
It's a much more sensitive telescope and it can do long exposures non-stop, so I'm sure many of the next generation of astronomers will get their PhDs because of it.
I honestly imagine that when this stuff gets published and some more amazing things get recorded, a lot of people will start switching over to work in anything space related. Makes me wonder whether humanity will have a firm presence around the entire solar system by the time i'll die. That would be an amazing amount of progress and probably a bit unrealistic but yeah. let's be optimistic. :)
AMAZING!!! Im speechless. My 5th grade science fair project was "The Solar System". I teamed up with a follow class buddy and we came in 2nd place which qualified us for the regional science fair. Unfortunately, our exhibit was destroyed while waiting to be transferred to the school hosting the regionals. The janitors that cleaned up the gymnasium that evening following the science fair accidentally trampled over our project while shooting hoops in close proximity to all of the science fair projects that were waiting to be transferred to the regionals. That was back in 1980 when Pluto was considered a planet. Poor Pluto. lol It's hard for an old fart like me to understand or comprehend how JWST has come to fruition accomplishing the unimaginable during its first year of operation. To all of the great minds of our world that pulled together over the years to make this dream you all had a reality, well done and thank you for allowing an average joe like me to have access and enjoy the content JWST provides.
I hope the janitor has apologized you and all students. I would be very angry and agressive to them. I would go to the principal to demand an other chance. I would not ask for other chance, but demand. I would call my parents and all other parents to support me.
I like how when a new instrument sends back data that makes astronomers from all the fields question their models and have to think deeper. That leads to new discoveries about our universe. Thank you
Everyone claiming it's a mystery has some license or prestige to lose. The street science is always way way ahead. These "astronomers" are part of a community that black ball anyone that goes off the script. Grant money dries up it's a career over. They still claim there was a "big bang" while they still have their galaxies in reverse. Every galaxy had it's own bang. As white holes connect to the black holes on the other side. Our universe is one bubble 500 times the size of the 3 bubbles growing on the side of it. We live in one of the smaller bubbles. We have been colonizing the universe for billions of years. 87 races colonized the Earth. Religion wiped our history thru murder and book burning. Everyone hunting for the ultra advanced treasures demands that pirates do not exist. Every time we tell people we have already met the parent races. Everyone is a comedian. So fine. Be left behind with your ignorance. The rest of us will vanish just like all they mystery people of our past. You will never learn if you never ask.
ya think deeper like when your feeling the lie unravel so you verbally explode dark matter into existence just keeps expanding until its commonly accepted too big to disprove cause a generational game of telephone is obviously historical fact.... I don't even trust the light signatures to tell us what we see how can we know nothing effects this process over distance smh I don't buy it doesn't mean I think everyone is completely wrong I just think we should be skeptical and remember why things are theory only until it is proven science fact. cause being hypothetical is just physically the characteristic properties of its completely real existence duh therefore hither too dark matter big bang amino acids = humans who know me right is more important than admitting we dont know anything... cause then what have we been doing if not making progress.. now "lol wut" that my bin lord @@xBINARYGODx
Great summary of the first year of James Web. Thank you for covering the content that you enjoy most, instead of just what gets the most clicks. You may not get as much reach that way but you will for sure have me and many others that will keep coming back for good consistent content.
To this 70 year old lay person, the most astonishing thing that strikes me is the vast expanse of scale Webb is capable of examining. Being able to assess things on a Universe scale all the way down to the local asteroid debris in meters. Mind boggling!
@@frasercain Perhaps you'll be the first universal youtuber to answer this question. How is it possible, according to the laws of physics, for us to see light created 300 million years after the BB? Matter can't travel at the speed of light, much less so much faster it takes light billions of years to catch up to our planet? According to the BB theory, ALL matter started at the same point, so wouldn't all light created by other matter for billions of years after the initial impulse have blown right past our planet long ago? IMO, we can't look back in the past that far. The limit of how far in past we can see is defined by the distance to what we are observing and the speed of light. Even if we are observing an object traveling in the opposite direction of the BB that Earth is, we can't get far enough away to see light created by that object so recently after the BB. Please explain the theory that made our galaxy (matter) travel faster than the speed of light emitted from the distant objects Webb is viewing.
I've answered this question many times on my channel. Your understanding of the Big Bang isn't exactly correct. There's no one point that everything is expanding from. The Universe might have been infinite before the expansion began and it's still infinite today. Instead of thinking about it expanding, imagine that everything is just getting less dense over time.
Amazing. Enough to bring a tear to my eye. Not even being hyperbolic. Seeing the universe like this is so awe-inspiring that I can't help but get a little emotional.
@@RedScotland Sorry where did I say life on Earth isn't special or unique or important? I'm not religious but I feel incredibly blessed that I get to live as a human here on Earth, at this moment in time where we have so much knowledge about our universe and our special place in it.
Agree. When some religious people say things like ”there can be no true appreciation of the miracle of the world without god” I always think of how much more awe inspiring the reality of the universe is than any religious miracle.
Congratulations to the entire Webb team for the most amazing discoveries. Check out the "Chronological List of James Webb Discoveries" and you will be amazed at the pace at which Webb is uncovering mysteries of the Universe. This decade will be an exciting period for space exploration.
@@freyathewanderer6359 James Webb Telescope has made so many amazing discoveries. Check out the "Chronological List of James Webb Telescope Discoveries" on google for new findings on exoplanets and blackholes.
For me, JWST data is so incomprehensible that I don’t know where to start asking questions or processing what I see. This does not deter me from seeing all I can about it’s journey. A friend told me in January that the next time we get together I can explain why she should be interested in the JWST and it’s images. 🤯 thank you for giving me answers to her “why”
For me...a 70 yo astronomy enthusiast...George Harrison said it best..."it's all too much for me to take." Thanks for this excellent video and report on the JWT. I'm totally blown away.
I followed JWST for years. Very excited about seeing it launch, big plans, pop-corn, etc. But then a few hours before launch, I had another bout of kidney stones and was in hospital and missed it all... Just my luck.
While I don't have a scientific background, I really enjoy your videos as they're written in a way that makes me understand some of what you're sharing with us. One of the things I learned in this video is how they can look at a Galaxy from different viewpoints using gravitational lensing, which will show the Galaxy at different points in time! How cool is that!!! You now have a new subscriber. Thanks...
It could be one of the most important tools we have, since you can see a supernova explode in one image, and then go look at the ones that haven't exploded yet. It's like a time machine. :-)
James Webb was my freshman engineering professor at Texas A&M in 2001. It was the most interesting class I had, and I'll never forget the first class. "Throughout the semester, we're going to cover some topics such as why you should not pee in the shower." :D A number of times he had to miss class because he was called over to Houston. Very interesting dude.
I've stayed excited about everything connected to JWST all due to Hubble's images thru the decades. Amazing to know how many folks these days are willing to disregard the accomplishment of people like Webb, Hubble, et al to subscribe to conspiracy theories that diminish the entire field of astrophysics. They even believe that the science itself is a hoax. That's almost as mind-boggling as the discoveries. 10% of Americans believe that the Earth is not a sphere. 15% believe climate change is a myth. Earth needs triage. Let's hope cooler heads prevail and that we step up. Paz y luz ✨️
I'm so happy to be growing up in the era of JWST. Seeing all of the fantastic discoveries and steps forward in astronomy has inspired me enough to strive to become an astronomer later in life. I can't be thankful enough for the chance to exist in our magnificent universe.
31:25 what i love here, is that on the right and left side, the planet is blurry, because its so wide that webb cant keep it all in focus at once. People have this misconception that you can always see 50% of a planet, because its a sphere, and you're looking from one "half" of it (front or back). But in fact, especially with huge planets like Jupiter, if you're anywhere nearby, you can only see about 30% or so, becuase the chunk directly in the middle "swells up" towards you, while the sides fade away into an ever shrinking horizon. The only way to totally understand this conceptually, was for me to use Space Engine to look at big planets. Star Citizen also models this, due to having correct perspective. As you approach a planet, you see nearly 50% the furthest away you are (when its merely a dot), and as you get closer, look at the center swell up and the sides fade away, you can only see about 30% of its actual surface. Think of it like a fisheye lens, but active no matter how flat your camera is.
I learned on paper how a telescope works. But to see a true engineering marvel in such a specific orbit, to look at our universe in a specific way, and to think about how much collective effort it took to achieve it - all of that makes me very proud, because civilization is Part of the human story. Hats off to everyone who contributed to this tremendous success-from the scientific minds who imagined it to the manual workers who kept the facilities running. Thank you all. The landscape of cosmic drainage or gravity infrastructure is further studied through James Webb's advanced auxiliary facilities, constantly operating to open blind spots into greater realities.
My wife and I just returned from a 6 week road trip out west. Many places we camped were dark sky parks, with awe-inspiring views of our Milky Way at night. This summary of JWST’s first year in operation is incredible and perfect timing after our interest was piqued. Thank you Fraser for a fantastic job on this video! I searched for this, because after geeking out on the launch and deployment of JWST and following it closely, I hadn’t searched for new images until recently. Free idea: a film for IMAX format with the right narration about this topic would be a hit! Maybe using A Brief History in Time as the basis??
The first year was great, we got to revisit all the really interesting sights that Hubble had previously discovered. Hopefully year two will see many new discoveries, never before seen sights, new science, something, anything new…fingers crossed.
*Speaking of thought experiments,* The speed of light is merely a mathematical construct. In reality gravity drops off exponentially outside of a galaxy allowing for time to speed up and the other thing that happens, which people seem to forget, is that less gravity also allows for distance to be expanded, which results in less distance compared to our contracted distance inside of a galaxy. So less gravity allows for our observation of the light to travel 186,000 miles at a faster rate of time over an inflated measure of distance relative to where we are inside of the galaxy causing the speed of light to be greatly increased relative to where we are in a more contracted measure of distance and a slower rate of time if GR is true and GR is now more of an observation than a theory.
I just wanted to share that when I was 4 yrs old I got very sick with a flu and I went into this deep sleep and found myself suspended in space as maybe a spirit and being asked telepathically to say telepathically a series of numbers. The digits I rambled off seemed to be in the millions but said in a matter of seconds and then I woke up. Fast forward to today and I am still trying to unravel what had occurred. I do remember at one point that it felt like it was a do or die moment to somehow remember these numbers. It felt like I was guessing the numbers, but at the same time I was saying them. The feel of being in the unknown suspended in space was peacefully scary. I dont know if that can make sense to someone that never experienced this, but maybe this comment will help bring more light as to what had happened that day.
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Love your work! Given how much new and exciting science JWST is opening up, what ,in your industry-expert opinion, does this mean for projects that absorb enormous amounts of availble astronomical/NASA budgets? It seems like if it had failed, we'd be sticking to smaller $ projects as an risk management strategy. Given that it is a huge success, do you invisage other budget-dominating projects in future? (When I have income again, I'm getting back on the patreon. Stuck home with long covid for the time being.)
Very impressive summary with details and animations. Incredible. I think the embargo is a good idea, but at the same time holds creativity back. Some scientists are too needy and will race to publish whatever they can but with the data available to everyone the pure numbers will end up with the best science but letting a dedicated team allows them to publish their well studied results and then everyone will get to pick it apart later. I think I'd have to say my favourite bit of research done was the JADE stuff, I think we really need to figure out what is wrong with our models or even maybe our data to figure out how and why these stars and black holes are possible, it almost seems like it has the potential to rewrite the big bang.
I'm really torn about it. I love transparency, but I also want the best science to get published. I agree, though, some of the open data projects like JADES have produced some really fascinating results, and any scientists can work on it.
As a Frenchman, I am proud that my country's space expertise has doubled the lifespan of the James Webb mission. It makes me proud to be part of the human adventure.
I have to agree with the data release schedule, I think everyone, including scientists can get carried away with themselves and it's clear sensationalism is the big money maker so who knows what false positives, misrepresentations, and outright fabrications would make big headlines only to be shot down later. I assume those first impressions would die hard for the general public (especially if they are sensational headlines), and scientists would be either seen as buzzkills or liars. I think putting in a stop-gap before any raw data reaches the public is a fairly sensible way to ensure (or increase the likelihood of) good science
It is evident how much work you put into this information flow, and I thank you for all the images and more. I love that so much is going on with various spacecraft, such as JWST, Euclid, Hubble, and TESS. Keep up the good work, and I will continue to watch with stunned amazement.
It's mind boggling that something like this has been engineered. However, the discussion of life on other planets is always a fun debate for me. As I feel like humans are rather ignorant as to what might be considered "hospitable" to other life out in the universe, especially life on a planet that adapted to be closer to the star, or further, even if we didn't. I'm sure if Earth were closer, it may have been possible. Most organisms on the planet breathe in oxygen, but who are we to say that's how it goes on other planets? That they need to stay warm to survive, or not get too cold? We share the planet with life that breathes in Carbon Dioxide to survive. There could be lifeforms similar to us on other planets that breathe in CO2, or breathe in something completely different, because that's what was there for them to adapt to. Just my thoughts on life in the universe. With this being said, it could be seemingly anywhere, even still in our Solar System somewhere. But I'd really like to know, does anyone agree with me?
My impulse is to look at the development of human life and consciousness as a progression from 1) sub-atomic (quarks, waves photons etc. to 2) atomic level, to 3) the level of the elements hydrogen, helium etc, to 4) chemical level, to 5) biological level, to 6) evolutionary level plants, animals etc., to 7) human level, to 8) level of consciousness, thoughts, abstractions, creativity etc. to 9) “spiritual” and philosophical and cosmological speculation (advanced physics, religious mysticism etc). This “progression” of the stages that brought us to 2024 is based on the fact that the universe is all made of the same elements (The Periodic Table of Elements) is true throughout the universe. So, in my theory this progression follows the same course in all planets, meaning that this is an Universal phenomenon, a natural progression that happens everywhere there are elements, like hydrogen, helium, carbon, and the rest. It’s going to happen everywhere, and when the conditions for our kind of biological life come to be, this same process will occur. Therefore intelligent life, like humanity with our longing to know the universe, will come about naturally in this Universal order of growth, from 1) to 9). Then what? Well, for me it’s what we have until someone can travel at the speed of life and reach any other planets where the same progression has found the right conditions. Next we can think about the “Fermi Paradox” and whether there will ever be contact with some other planet with biological life. But what you propose is that maybe beings based on silicone instead of carbon may have evolved, breathing something other than oxygen and having a totally distinct elemental, chemical and physical characteristics. I’ve wondered the same thing myself! Sincerely, Jeff
Great Job Fraser. I love all things Space and have a special interest in Exoplanets. I think it’s a bit of a pity that there is a 1 year embargo on the data because it would perhaps be a year where researchers could glean more information from the data which could then sooner be peer reviewed. Not to worry though, the US have built and operate the JWT. You did a great summary of the discoveries. Thanks so much.😊
Because! 😍 gravity=time . Time is directly correlated to gravitational pull. Big bang be alot of mass before it do the boom and as it do the boom large condensed mass in center . Fast time . 😁 that's my theory 🙂
What if we make a telescope that has an eye which is 80,000 times larger than the diameter of the earth. Could we expect to see the big bang? Could we see the structure of the cosmic web? Could we see black holes because now our eye is bigger than the wavelengths of hawking radiation? What are some thing we might see?
This thing just took a very very long time to get up there. After a while, you grow tired and don't have much interest left. Yes, I know why it took so long, and I know exactly what this machine is and exactly what it is engineered to do. That said, to the average space enthusiast, they see very pretty super high resolution photos seen in different filters, spectrums and so on, basically a Hubble on steroids. I'm pretty sure to the scientist, they are learning very valuable information that enhances their insights on the universe, so I can understand their excitement. I think the hidef photos in different spectrums are so beautiful, that's it. I know it's all small steps, but unless it reveals and shows direct evidence of multiverses or something of that magnitude, then I'm not excited at all. It just took a whole lot of time to get up there, and even though we had not had this kind of tech in space, the tech itself became very outdated, and people just lose interest because of this. All this being said, I do know and understand all of the discoveries it has made, most predicated off things that we already know is there and have studied, we just basically understand a little more of what we have been seeing forever. Ground scopes going online soon (with adaptive optics), will blow this thing away, not taking anything away from Webb. Great content sir, btw👍.
But isn't the materials after the big bang more condensed the closer you are to the center of mass ejection. To me it seems like the closer the galaxy was formed to the "big bang" the more material it had available to it, which in turn would make it grow faster than a galaxy like "The milky way" which is not close to the "big bang" therefore had less material condensed which made it take way longer to form to the equivalent to the one closer to the big bang. Am I wrong in thinking this? I only draw this conclusion because i've been told that the galaxy is stretching out from the center, and stretching allows more space in between objects.
My favorite JWST image of the year has to be the close ups of the Whirlpool Galaxy, revealing individual stars and star clusters - just totally blew my mind, since I've only seen M51 many dozens of times through amateur telescopes appearing as a "faint fuzzy." Twice at the Oregon Star Party I was able to observe M51 from the top of a ladder through a 28 inch dob, and it was notably less of a faint fuzzy, but, well... nothing close to Hubble's image of it and now Webb's... well, there are no words for it.
Hello Fraser! You may or may not remember me but we spoke a few years back on the phone and you encouraged me to start my own youtube channel. For that I am grateful however my target is now to make a comedic cartoon/cgi show about our solar system and the planets as if they were normal people while still including actual historical events. My animation skills are nowhere near what I need but I have this idea and would like help bringing it to life. I think about it day and night, I have so many episodes planned in my head. What would you recommend?
Would it make any difference if James web were sent on a never ending mission to get as far from earth as possible and all the while taking photos and sending it to earth? Would James web even need to travel for better photos or is it just as good staying close to earth? Seems like building a bigger one would do the trick. Can the James web see as far as it’s possible to see into space?
This is such a refreshing video. Instead of a video of 20m that repeats the same stuff over and over again, to have 1m of new information, this one is packed with information. No wasted time! Thx :-)
You are correct! In spite of any anomalies, or malfunctions, Webb is an amazing piece of engineering, and we are just at the beginning of discovery with this telescope!
Does anyone else get repeated chills down their spine when you stupidly try to conceptualize the true size of the universe? "What if all you understand can fit into the center of a hand?" ~ Chris Cornell
What is also amazing besides the incredible pictures is that if any of the more than 300 steps Web had to take to get to where it is, failed, the entire telescope would have failed. Web truly is a marvel of engineering.
One year? About the light speed photos or videos you are talking about is this: If you see a picture they took/ they claim at one light year away and you go with more then 3x light speed, say 1.000.000 hour, then only one way cost you 1080 years, and back so 2x, here you talk about the nebula and a few hundred thousands of light years away? At 2:45, can you do some math, that takes 100 billion years as you go with 10000000000000 km/hour, get it? If you have to travel just one light second, that is about 300.000 km away, how long does it take you?
I was lucky enough to be able to see JWST in person while it was at NASA Goddard, really cool to see the images and data coming out from James Webb now
My favorite was the pictures of Proxima B. If they're like me, many people are eager to see if other life exists in the universe, with all the possible hazards and rewards of that.
JWST takes images in infrared, and then stores the data in colors we can see. Think about what it's like looking through night vision. That's infrared, but you can't see it, so the image is shifted. But the deer you see is actually there.
I remember going to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Wa with my grandma when I was just a child, we went to their IMAX theater to watch a movie about the Hubble telescope. Fascinating.
Dear Fraser Cain, the TH-cam Algorithm blessed me with this link. I am only 15 mins into the tube and I am very happy and I learned a lot already. Thanks a lot for this summary of the Webb's first year! It's an incredible result, mouths agape. This is a bright symbol what Science, Engineering and multinational collaboration can achieve, if we decide to work together! Leto's hope and work together that this is not the last such collaboration. A bit thanks to you and all who were/are involved.
Love these channels for people doing their home work and not cut the video every 5 seconds because they can't remember their story to tell! Gives me the epileptics :P GJ nice resolution in 4K thnx
Nothing in my life is more interesting to date. How could anything be more important? I cant wait to see images in 10 years from now. Ground breaking is an understatement
Guys the universe is so vast, even if only 0.001% of all planets contain life, that's still a lot. I have a gut feeling it's probably more like 5% of all planets in the universe.
Great video! I'm no an astronomer but I am a data scientist. I think a one-year embargo is very reasonable, especially given that discoveries will be made using these observations for many, many decades.
I worked with Harry Kroto (Sussex UK Nobel Prize Winner) back in the 1980's and we looked at long chained carbon atoms in the Interstellar medium. We knew then, that it had to be 150 Kelvin at least to create these molecules, could this be used in these areas too in order to create a clarity in the overall picture.
To know the age of a galaxy, it would seem to me you would need to know the exqct point where the big bang started, this would seem to me lile an impossible thing to know considering how big the universe is. There would have to be alot of assumptions made to know the starting point. Can someone elaborate on how scientists can know age of a galaxy?
For me I couldn't actually put a date on universe I actually think this beyond us right now but focus on planets maybe this can be say QM observe actual basics this one
Having the building blocks to compose complex organisms is *only* half of it. Having the building blocks of life does not mean those building blocks *will* come together cohesively, let alone come together at all. Does having all building materials 50 feet apart mean that building is going to be a reality?????????? Think about it.
Quite intriguing ! Thanks for sharing with us ! Before now, I was only familiar with the Jack Webb Telescope. That one had the reputation of sending back to Earth, "just the facts".
LOVE LOVE LOVE it, imagine humans like Copernicus, Galileo, freaking Pythagoras, and those doing the searches currently must feel so special as humans living since heck, pick a time and it is truly complimentary to be here, Imagine what Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison and Carl Sagan, might contemplate. Thanks to JWST makers builders and so on, thanks NASA the best time ever is now.
You're the first to actually answer my, "What about an impossibly long rod?" question that stumped my lecturer when I asked about it. And you went into
Potentially noob question but if jwst has a 6.5m mirror compared to hubbles 2.5m mirror, what's stopping them from making something with a 10-20+m mirror?
Hell yeah man 25 years of James webb sounds just fine with me. My favoret is the famous black hole picture, absolutely breath taking. I can't wait to see what we find next...
Does the second picture of the pilars of creation have more resolution or does anything new appear ? The explanation said it used other wavelengths to see through I guess. To study the composion of matter. I what to know about if something new appeared in this dust cloud.
12:16 it blows my mind that the collision is not just some dust, but it's stars with planetary systems being thrown around, where stars collide and get slung out into deep space... entire civilizations and habitats are destroyed.. that is, if we are not alone in space. That scale, where stars look like dust, is hard to comprehend.
Amazing stuff, and blows my mind that actually we could be the only life in this galaxy. Now it’s clear we need to start sorting ourselves out and look after this earth, but is it to late are we to selfish. 😢
I do believe that the embargo hurts the science. I believe in letting everyone have access to the data. Human ingenuity is an amazing process. The competition or race, as you said, would allow for newer discoveries faster. More eyes looking to solve problems. This way scientists is not picking the winners and losers through a potential bias collective from the original data. The people would be the judge from the onset
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I'm a scientist and I understand how the telescope works on paper. But to see an actual marvel of engineering in such a specific orbit with specific ways of looking at our universe, and thinking of what amount of collective effort went into making this - all that makes me incredibly proud to be part of the story that is human civilization. Hats off to each and every human who contributed to this immense success - from the scientific minds who imagined this to the manual workers who kept facilities running. A big big thank you to each and every one of those humans.
It was so tense and frustrating for so many years, but now the science is pouring out like a geyser. So exciting to see all these new discoveries week after week. Not just answers but more questions. :-)
And despite man's many great scientific achievements, in the end *it will* mean absolutely nothing. While they are looking far into the universe they should looking far into the Bible which is vastly (IRONY) more important.
Granted the Bible does not tell us the secrets of the universe. But that is not the purpose of the Bible. Looking up through a telescope does that.
Granted Yahweh absolutely did create our universe to inspire awe, wonder and marvel the beauty of it specifically for us to view and observe. But scientists are focusing too much on the universe and not enough on the creator of the universe.
Find God!? Heaven!?
@@dr.chrisstar3527 the question mark would go after the exclamation point.
One of the hard limits for web is the gas in it's ion thrusters that it uses to stay in L2. They had some gas set aside for spinning JWST in case one of the pins gets stuck, and needs to be shaken loose. All the pins worked perfectly.
After a day of work: some beer, TV with 4k JWST images and Fraser's voice explaining space stuff... Yeah, It's good.
I totally agree 👍👍👍💥
What he ☝️ said!!!
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On my third liter of beer, and I have observed that the more beer, the more agreement. But more beer will have to be examined in order to find the mathematical correlation...
@@Smo1k ahhh spot on… cheers to you. Enjoy your beer… I’m going to join the party- all the way from New Zealand
Being older myself than manned spaceflight, it's just mind boggling how far things have progressed.
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The JWST inspired me to start to work on getting a bachelors degree in physics.
I've been completely captivated by all of the amazing discoveries since it was released, and I dont want to just read about them... I want to participate in the research and discoveries going on!
Thank you for summarizing the first year of discoveries made by the JWST.
Beautiful.
Cool
So cool ! That is amazing I wish I would have done something like that. I didn’t realize I had mind for it till later in life because I hated school so much. I remember thinking why didn’t they teach us all this cool stuff in school?
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Dang
It's never too late! :)
You are totally right! I shouldn’t limit my self like that… what are you going to try to get into? Like research or rocket science? What are you thinking? I’m so stoked some the younger generation is exited about space. It was always huge in my family my Grandfather worked for NASA in the 70’s
@goldengoat1737 Aw wow! That's really cool! :)
I'm going to try to take astronomy and astrophysics and maybe try to become an astrophysicist 🤞
I heard astronomy is just data analysis these days, but I'm still interested
In the end, I could see myself leading a research team
I've been on the hunt for good science creators that aren't Star Talk or Veritasium and I think this guy really really fits the bill. Good stuff Fraser.
He is as informed and objective as it gets. Love his work and the purity he tries to present things with.
If everything feels doom and gloom, I tend to think about in what magnificent age of discoveries we live now and all brightens up !
Yeah, we're living in the golden age of astronomy, in my opinion. So many exciting things happening every day.
Seems like everything balances out. Regardless of what happens on the micro scale here everything we see was here long before us and will be here long after us.
And with AI, breakthroughs are probably going to increase even way faster in the next years
All the bullets and bombs we ever set off in all the wars on earth all together don't come close to one placid flaccid part timer supernova,
Yeah, as long as civilization doesn't collapse.
Amazing job editing this video. I absolutely love how you zoomed into areas providing context and scale to what we are looking at. Plus, I really enjoyed the comparisons to Hubble imagery. This video really shows the power of JWST, and I wish more people covering this topic would put their videos together in a similar way. Us nerds know what we are looking at and understand light years, but no one else has a clue. I think this gets taken for granted. You've set the bar Fraser Cain.
Thanks a lot , I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun looking back through all the images and research.
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I'm so glad that I live in the JWST era. I'm old enough to remember the launch and deployment of Hubble, and I'm happy it went as well as it did. I'm most curious as to how many people are going to earn their PhD because of JWST.
It's a much more sensitive telescope and it can do long exposures non-stop, so I'm sure many of the next generation of astronomers will get their PhDs because of it.
I honestly imagine that when this stuff gets published and some more amazing things get recorded, a lot of people will start switching over to work in anything space related. Makes me wonder whether humanity will have a firm presence around the entire solar system by the time i'll die. That would be an amazing amount of progress and probably a bit unrealistic but yeah. let's be optimistic. :)
I guess one year isn't that bad. After it's not like the Kennedy Assassination final report that we've never gotten.
I saw moon landing of Apollo on one of the first commercial color TVs, for heaven's sake. FAR OUT,Man. Not competing, just sayin'
You need to improve your priorities.
It's stuff I would have never got to see otherwise always interested in seeing more.
AMAZING!!! Im speechless. My 5th grade science fair project was "The Solar System". I teamed up with a follow class buddy and we came in 2nd place which qualified us for the regional science fair. Unfortunately, our exhibit was destroyed while waiting to be transferred to the school hosting the regionals. The janitors that cleaned up the gymnasium that evening following the science fair accidentally trampled over our project while shooting hoops in close proximity to all of the science fair projects that were waiting to be transferred to the regionals. That was back in 1980 when Pluto was considered a planet. Poor Pluto. lol It's hard for an old fart like me to understand or comprehend how JWST has come to fruition accomplishing the unimaginable during its first year of operation. To all of the great minds of our world that pulled together over the years to make this dream you all had a reality, well done and thank you for allowing an average joe like me to have access and enjoy the content JWST provides.
I hope the janitor has apologized you and all students. I would be very angry and agressive to them. I would go to the principal to demand an other chance. I would not ask for other chance, but demand. I would call my parents and all other parents to support me.
I like how when a new instrument sends back data that makes astronomers from all the fields question their models and have to think deeper. That leads to new discoveries about our universe. Thank you
Everyone claiming it's a mystery has some license or prestige to lose. The street science is always way way ahead. These "astronomers" are part of a community that black ball anyone that goes off the script. Grant money dries up it's a career over. They still claim there was a "big bang" while they still have their galaxies in reverse. Every galaxy had it's own bang. As white holes connect to the black holes on the other side. Our universe is one bubble 500 times the size of the 3 bubbles growing on the side of it. We live in one of the smaller bubbles. We have been colonizing the universe for billions of years. 87 races colonized the Earth. Religion wiped our history thru murder and book burning. Everyone hunting for the ultra advanced treasures demands that pirates do not exist. Every time we tell people we have already met the parent races. Everyone is a comedian. So fine. Be left behind with your ignorance. The rest of us will vanish just like all they mystery people of our past. You will never learn if you never ask.
"that makes astronomers from all the fields question their models and have to think deeper." lol wut?
ya think deeper like when your feeling the lie unravel so you verbally explode dark matter into existence just keeps expanding until its commonly accepted too big to disprove cause a generational game of telephone is obviously historical fact.... I don't even trust the light signatures to tell us what we see how can we know nothing effects this process over distance smh I don't buy it doesn't mean I think everyone is completely wrong I just think we should be skeptical and remember why things are theory only until it is proven science fact. cause being hypothetical is just physically the characteristic properties of its completely real existence duh therefore hither too dark matter big bang amino acids = humans who know me right is more important than admitting we dont know anything... cause then what have we been doing if not making progress.. now "lol wut" that my bin lord @@xBINARYGODx
@@xBINARYGODx you get what he’s getting at.. obviously scientific revolution is a good thing
@@xBINARYGODx What don't you understand?
Great summary of the first year of James Web. Thank you for covering the content that you enjoy most, instead of just what gets the most clicks. You may not get as much reach that way but you will for sure have me and many others that will keep coming back for good consistent content.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Don't worry, I'll keep at it. 😀
To this 70 year old lay person, the most astonishing thing that strikes me is the vast expanse of scale Webb is capable of examining. Being able to assess things on a Universe scale all the way down to the local asteroid debris in meters. Mind boggling!
@@frasercain Perhaps you'll be the first universal youtuber to answer this question. How is it possible, according to the laws of physics, for us to see light created 300 million years after the BB? Matter can't travel at the speed of light, much less so much faster it takes light billions of years to catch up to our planet? According to the BB theory, ALL matter started at the same point, so wouldn't all light created by other matter for billions of years after the initial impulse have blown right past our planet long ago? IMO, we can't look back in the past that far. The limit of how far in past we can see is defined by the distance to what we are observing and the speed of light. Even if we are observing an object traveling in the opposite direction of the BB that Earth is, we can't get far enough away to see light created by that object so recently after the BB.
Please explain the theory that made our galaxy (matter) travel faster than the speed of light emitted from the distant objects Webb is viewing.
I've answered this question many times on my channel. Your understanding of the Big Bang isn't exactly correct. There's no one point that everything is expanding from. The Universe might have been infinite before the expansion began and it's still infinite today. Instead of thinking about it expanding, imagine that everything is just getting less dense over time.
@@frasercain So you reject the big bang theory too? That's good news for me. I never bought into that crap.
Amazing. Enough to bring a tear to my eye. Not even being hyperbolic. Seeing the universe like this is so awe-inspiring that I can't help but get a little emotional.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I'm honor to bring you this.
@@RedScotland Sorry where did I say life on Earth isn't special or unique or important? I'm not religious but I feel incredibly blessed that I get to live as a human here on Earth, at this moment in time where we have so much knowledge about our universe and our special place in it.
Agree. When some religious people say things like ”there can be no true appreciation of the miracle of the world without god” I always think of how much more awe inspiring the reality of the universe is than any religious miracle.
@@jezna1785 ...and if it is also a miracle, how much better still! Get past the idea that God and science are somehow irreconcilable.
@@user-gv4cx7vz8t but they are actually, if your a Christian or islam then your scriptures are full of scientific mistakes.
The JWST is perhaps one of Humanity's greatest successes.
All in a world of animation, augmented reality, created ideas and metaphysical theories in which are still presented today as actual reality.
What a year, and what a reporter! Thank you Fraser!
Congratulations to the entire Webb team for the most amazing discoveries. Check out the "Chronological List of James Webb Discoveries" and you will be amazed at the pace at which Webb is uncovering mysteries of the Universe. This decade will be an exciting period for space exploration.
I watched the launch of the JWST on-line, hoping everything would go well. So many things could have gone wrong - but so far, only minor glitches
@@freyathewanderer6359 James Webb Telescope has made so many amazing discoveries. Check out the "Chronological List of James Webb Telescope Discoveries" on google for new findings on exoplanets and blackholes.
It has been up there Two years
Thank you! I've missed so many of the Webb updates. This was great to have a concise review of the awesomeness.
For me, JWST data is so incomprehensible that I don’t know where to start asking questions or processing what I see. This does not deter me from seeing all I can about it’s journey. A friend told me in January that the next time we get together I can explain why she should be interested in the JWST and it’s images. 🤯 thank you for giving me answers to her “why”
Oh that's great. It's still early days, so all the best stuff is still coming.
For me...a 70 yo astronomy enthusiast...George Harrison said it best..."it's all too much for me to take." Thanks for this excellent video and report on the JWT. I'm totally blown away.
I followed JWST for years. Very excited about seeing it launch, big plans, pop-corn, etc. But then a few hours before launch, I had another bout of kidney stones and was in hospital and missed it all... Just my luck.
But you're doing better now?
I had the first kidney stone in my life ever about 3 years ago. I can sympathize!!
While I don't have a scientific background, I really enjoy your videos as they're written in a way that makes me understand some of what you're sharing with us. One of the things I learned in this video is how they can look at a Galaxy from different viewpoints using gravitational lensing, which will show the Galaxy at different points in time! How cool is that!!! You now have a new subscriber. Thanks...
It could be one of the most important tools we have, since you can see a supernova explode in one image, and then go look at the ones that haven't exploded yet. It's like a time machine. :-)
that is called computer similation and the whole idea of space is not real, we live under a dome on flat plane
Thanks!
James Webb was my freshman engineering professor at Texas A&M in 2001. It was the most interesting class I had, and I'll never forget the first class. "Throughout the semester, we're going to cover some topics such as why you should not pee in the shower." :D A number of times he had to miss class because he was called over to Houston. Very interesting dude.
I've stayed excited about everything connected to JWST all due to Hubble's images thru the decades.
Amazing to know how many folks these days are willing to disregard the accomplishment of people like Webb, Hubble, et al to subscribe to conspiracy theories that diminish the entire field of astrophysics.
They even believe that the science itself is a hoax. That's almost as mind-boggling as the discoveries.
10% of Americans believe that the Earth is not a sphere. 15% believe climate change is a myth.
Earth needs triage. Let's hope cooler heads prevail and that we step up.
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he died in 1992..? unless you're talking abt someone else
I'm so happy to be growing up in the era of JWST. Seeing all of the fantastic discoveries and steps forward in astronomy has inspired me enough to strive to become an astronomer later in life. I can't be thankful enough for the chance to exist in our magnificent universe.
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Great show Fraser! I believe Webb is just getting started.It's truly amazing the technology in the telescope!!
31:25 what i love here, is that on the right and left side, the planet is blurry, because its so wide that webb cant keep it all in focus at once.
People have this misconception that you can always see 50% of a planet, because its a sphere, and you're looking from one "half" of it (front or back).
But in fact, especially with huge planets like Jupiter, if you're anywhere nearby, you can only see about 30% or so, becuase the chunk directly in the middle "swells up" towards you, while the sides fade away into an ever shrinking horizon.
The only way to totally understand this conceptually, was for me to use Space Engine to look at big planets.
Star Citizen also models this, due to having correct perspective.
As you approach a planet, you see nearly 50% the furthest away you are (when its merely a dot), and as you get closer, look at the center swell up and the sides fade away, you can only see about 30% of its actual surface.
Think of it like a fisheye lens, but active no matter how flat your camera is.
I learned on paper how a telescope works. But to see a true engineering marvel in such a specific orbit, to look at our universe in a specific way, and to think about how much collective effort it took to achieve it - all of that makes me very proud, because civilization is Part of the human story. Hats off to everyone who contributed to this tremendous success-from the scientific minds who imagined it to the manual workers who kept the facilities running. Thank you all.
The landscape of cosmic drainage or gravity infrastructure is further studied through James Webb's advanced auxiliary facilities, constantly operating to open blind spots into greater realities.
My wife and I just returned from a 6 week road trip out west. Many places we camped were dark sky parks, with awe-inspiring views of our Milky Way at night. This summary of JWST’s first year in operation is incredible and perfect timing after our interest was piqued. Thank you Fraser for a fantastic job on this video! I searched for this, because after geeking out on the launch and deployment of JWST and following it closely, I hadn’t searched for new images until recently. Free idea: a film for IMAX format with the right narration about this topic would be a hit! Maybe using A Brief History in Time as the basis??
You are Delusional there is no milk there to view, it is just lights, like fireflies in the SKY not imaginary Space.
Earth is Flat, Space is Fake.
Excellent job. Looking forward to the next 24 yearly episodes!
The first year was great, we got to revisit all the really interesting sights that Hubble had previously discovered. Hopefully year two will see many new discoveries, never before seen sights, new science, something, anything new…fingers crossed.
*Speaking of thought experiments,* The speed of light is merely a mathematical construct. In reality gravity drops off exponentially outside of a galaxy allowing for time to speed up and the other thing that happens, which people seem to forget, is that less gravity also allows for distance to be expanded, which results in less distance compared to our contracted distance inside of a galaxy. So less gravity allows for our observation of the light to travel 186,000 miles at a faster rate of time over an inflated measure of distance relative to where we are inside of the galaxy causing the speed of light to be greatly increased relative to where we are in a more contracted measure of distance and a slower rate of time if GR is true and GR is now more of an observation than a theory.
Can you clarify Wasp-39b being the first planet discovered with CO2 in the atmosphere? I think Venus would be displeased.
This is where the fun begins...
Enjoy!
You got that right.
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I just wanted to share that when I was 4 yrs old I got very sick with a flu and I went into this deep sleep and found myself suspended in space as maybe a spirit and being asked telepathically to say telepathically a series of numbers. The digits I rambled off seemed to be in the millions but said in a matter of seconds and then I woke up. Fast forward to today and I am still trying to unravel what had occurred. I do remember at one point that it felt like it was a do or die moment to somehow remember these numbers. It felt like I was guessing the numbers, but at the same time I was saying them. The feel of being in the unknown suspended in space was peacefully scary. I dont know if that can make sense to someone that never experienced this, but maybe this comment will help bring more light as to what had happened that day.
You literally had a fever dream it's not that deep it's your brain making sense of randomness
Many people call what you experienced 'the Void'. It transcends our human body and understanding
Great video. Thanks for all the work you do
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it.
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Finally, a JWST video that has actual data and not some “you’ll never believe what….” clickbait.
Enormously informative for those of us who are science-minded, but not astronomers. Many thanks!
Love your work! Given how much new and exciting science JWST is opening up, what ,in your industry-expert opinion, does this mean for projects that absorb enormous amounts of availble astronomical/NASA budgets? It seems like if it had failed, we'd be sticking to smaller $ projects as an risk management strategy. Given that it is a huge success, do you invisage other budget-dominating projects in future?
(When I have income again, I'm getting back on the patreon. Stuck home with long covid for the time being.)
Very impressive summary with details and animations. Incredible.
I think the embargo is a good idea, but at the same time holds creativity back. Some scientists are too needy and will race to publish whatever they can but with the data available to everyone the pure numbers will end up with the best science but letting a dedicated team allows them to publish their well studied results and then everyone will get to pick it apart later.
I think I'd have to say my favourite bit of research done was the JADE stuff, I think we really need to figure out what is wrong with our models or even maybe our data to figure out how and why these stars and black holes are possible, it almost seems like it has the potential to rewrite the big bang.
I'm really torn about it. I love transparency, but I also want the best science to get published. I agree, though, some of the open data projects like JADES have produced some really fascinating results, and any scientists can work on it.
As a Frenchman, I am proud that my country's space expertise has doubled the lifespan of the James Webb mission. It makes me proud to be part of the human adventure.
Nice aim. 😀
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Fantastic, I hope you enjoy it.
Yo should I move to Somalia
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Yep! No pirates and terrorists at all.
Geweldig ! Er is veeeel meer dan onze kleine aarde. Prima uitleg door Fraser Cain 👍
Ongelofelijk groot is het
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Best 1 year summary video ever 👍👍👍💥
Thanks
I have to agree with the data release schedule, I think everyone, including scientists can get carried away with themselves and it's clear sensationalism is the big money maker so who knows what false positives, misrepresentations, and outright fabrications would make big headlines only to be shot down later. I assume those first impressions would die hard for the general public (especially if they are sensational headlines), and scientists would be either seen as buzzkills or liars. I think putting in a stop-gap before any raw data reaches the public is a fairly sensible way to ensure (or increase the likelihood of) good science
"we've gotta go back to uranus and get new pictures up close" lol
It is evident how much work you put into this information flow, and I thank you for all the images and more. I love that so much is going on with various spacecraft, such as JWST, Euclid, Hubble, and TESS. Keep up the good work, and I will continue to watch with stunned amazement.
Im very interested to know how our planet would go if we collided with another galexy , would we even notice or would we be smashed to pieces ?
It's mind boggling that something like this has been engineered. However, the discussion of life on other planets is always a fun debate for me. As I feel like humans are rather ignorant as to what might be considered "hospitable" to other life out in the universe, especially life on a planet that adapted to be closer to the star, or further, even if we didn't. I'm sure if Earth were closer, it may have been possible. Most organisms on the planet breathe in oxygen, but who are we to say that's how it goes on other planets? That they need to stay warm to survive, or not get too cold? We share the planet with life that breathes in Carbon Dioxide to survive. There could be lifeforms similar to us on other planets that breathe in CO2, or breathe in something completely different, because that's what was there for them to adapt to. Just my thoughts on life in the universe. With this being said, it could be seemingly anywhere, even still in our Solar System somewhere.
But I'd really like to know, does anyone agree with me?
My impulse is to look at the development of human life and consciousness as a progression from 1) sub-atomic (quarks, waves photons etc. to 2) atomic level, to 3) the level of the elements hydrogen, helium etc, to 4) chemical level, to 5) biological level, to 6) evolutionary level plants, animals etc., to 7) human level, to 8) level of consciousness, thoughts, abstractions, creativity etc. to 9) “spiritual” and philosophical and cosmological speculation (advanced physics, religious mysticism etc).
This “progression” of the stages that brought us to 2024 is based on the fact that the universe is all made of the same elements (The Periodic Table of Elements) is true throughout the universe.
So, in my theory this progression follows the same course in all planets, meaning that this is an Universal phenomenon, a natural progression that happens everywhere there are elements, like hydrogen, helium, carbon, and the rest. It’s going to happen everywhere, and when the conditions for our kind of biological life come to be, this same process will occur.
Therefore intelligent life, like humanity with our longing to know the universe, will come about naturally in this Universal order of growth, from 1) to 9). Then what? Well, for me it’s what we have until someone can travel at the speed of life and reach any other planets where the same progression has found the right conditions. Next we can think about the “Fermi Paradox” and whether there will ever be contact with some other planet with biological life.
But what you propose is that maybe beings based on silicone instead of carbon may have evolved, breathing something other than oxygen and having a totally distinct elemental, chemical and physical characteristics. I’ve wondered the same thing myself! Sincerely, Jeff
Great Job Fraser. I love all things Space and have a special interest in Exoplanets. I think it’s a bit of a pity that there is a 1 year embargo on the data because it would perhaps be a year where researchers could glean more information from the data which could then sooner be peer reviewed. Not to worry though, the US have built and operate the JWT. You did a great summary of the discoveries. Thanks so much.😊
At last a you tuber who gets to the point from the first word.
Because! 😍 gravity=time . Time is directly correlated to gravitational pull. Big bang be alot of mass before it do the boom and as it do the boom large condensed mass in center . Fast time . 😁 that's my theory 🙂
What if we make a telescope that has an eye which is 80,000 times larger than the diameter of the earth. Could we expect to see the big bang? Could we see the structure of the cosmic web? Could we see black holes because now our eye is bigger than the wavelengths of hawking radiation? What are some thing we might see?
If you have to travel just one light second,
that is about 300.000 km away, how long does it take you?
It depends on how fast you're going. Are you walking? Using a spacecraft?
Question doesn't make much sense.
Elaborate
This thing just took a very very long time to get up there. After a while, you grow tired and don't have much interest left. Yes, I know why it took so long, and I know exactly what this machine is and exactly what it is engineered to do. That said, to the average space enthusiast, they see very pretty super high resolution photos seen in different filters, spectrums and so on, basically a Hubble on steroids. I'm pretty sure to the scientist, they are learning very valuable information that enhances their insights on the universe, so I can understand their excitement. I think the hidef photos in different spectrums are so beautiful, that's it. I know it's all small steps, but unless it reveals and shows direct evidence of multiverses or something of that magnitude, then I'm not excited at all. It just took a whole lot of time to get up there, and even though we had not had this kind of tech in space, the tech itself became very outdated, and people just lose interest because of this. All this being said, I do know and understand all of the discoveries it has made, most predicated off things that we already know is there and have studied, we just basically understand a little more of what we have been seeing forever. Ground scopes going online soon (with adaptive optics), will blow this thing away, not taking anything away from Webb. Great content sir, btw👍.
Allot of "what we think" being disguised as fact, but still interesting!
But isn't the materials after the big bang more condensed the closer you are to the center of mass ejection. To me it seems like the closer the galaxy was formed to the "big bang" the more material it had available to it, which in turn would make it grow faster than a galaxy like "The milky way" which is not close to the "big bang" therefore had less material condensed which made it take way longer to form to the equivalent to the one closer to the big bang. Am I wrong in thinking this? I only draw this conclusion because i've been told that the galaxy is stretching out from the center, and stretching allows more space in between objects.
The Big Bang happened everywhere, so there's no one place that was closest
My favorite JWST image of the year has to be the close ups of the Whirlpool Galaxy, revealing individual stars and star clusters - just totally blew my mind, since I've only seen M51 many dozens of times through amateur telescopes appearing as a "faint fuzzy." Twice at the Oregon Star Party I was able to observe M51 from the top of a ladder through a 28 inch dob, and it was notably less of a faint fuzzy, but, well... nothing close to Hubble's image of it and now Webb's... well, there are no words for it.
Hello Fraser! You may or may not remember me but we spoke a few years back on the phone and you encouraged me to start my own youtube channel. For that I am grateful however my target is now to make a comedic cartoon/cgi show about our solar system and the planets as if they were normal people while still including actual historical events. My animation skills are nowhere near what I need but I have this idea and would like help bringing it to life. I think about it day and night, I have so many episodes planned in my head. What would you recommend?
Would it make any difference if James web were sent on a never ending mission to get as far from earth as possible and all the while taking photos and sending it to earth?
Would James web even need to travel for better photos or is it just as good staying close to earth?
Seems like building a bigger one would do the trick.
Can the James web see as far as it’s possible to see into space?
Absolutely outstanding!!!
This is such a refreshing video. Instead of a video of 20m that repeats the same stuff over and over again, to have 1m of new information, this one is packed with information. No wasted time! Thx :-)
Yeah, those click bait videos are pretty bad, and the can crack them out. I hope TH-cam does something about it
You are correct! In spite of any anomalies, or malfunctions, Webb is an amazing piece of engineering, and we are just at the beginning of discovery with this telescope!
Does anyone else get repeated chills down their spine when you stupidly try to conceptualize the true size of the universe?
"What if all you understand can fit into the center of a hand?" ~ Chris Cornell
What is also amazing besides the incredible pictures is that if any of the more than 300 steps Web had to take to get to where it is, failed, the entire telescope would have failed. Web truly is a marvel of engineering.
One year? About the light speed photos or videos you are talking about is this: If you see a picture they took/ they claim at one light year away and you go with more then 3x light speed, say 1.000.000 hour, then only one way cost you 1080 years, and back so 2x, here you talk about the nebula and a few hundred thousands of light years away? At 2:45, can you do some math, that takes 100 billion years as you go with 10000000000000 km/hour, get it?
If you have to travel just one light second, that is about 300.000 km away, how long does it take you?
I don't understand. How can you go 3x light speed?
What?????????
I was lucky enough to be able to see JWST in person while it was at NASA Goddard, really cool to see the images and data coming out from James Webb now
They recycled that junk JSWT at NASA this pics are just cart👀ns because EARTH IS FLAT SPACE IS FAKE
James web has been a great success. The data just keeps coming.
My favorite was the pictures of Proxima B. If they're like me, many people are eager to see if other life exists in the universe, with all the possible hazards and rewards of that.
These aren't the actual photos right or are they touched up in post?
Or are these the genuine photos the JWST takes?
JWST takes images in infrared, and then stores the data in colors we can see. Think about what it's like looking through night vision. That's infrared, but you can't see it, so the image is shifted. But the deer you see is actually there.
@frasercain Very interesting, truly amazing what the JWST captures of the universe
I remember going to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Wa with my grandma when I was just a child, we went to their IMAX theater to watch a movie about the Hubble telescope. Fascinating.
Dear Fraser Cain, the TH-cam Algorithm blessed me with this link. I am only 15 mins into the tube and I am very happy and I learned a lot already. Thanks a lot for this summary of the Webb's first year! It's an incredible result, mouths agape. This is a bright symbol what Science, Engineering and multinational collaboration can achieve, if we decide to work together! Leto's hope and work together that this is not the last such collaboration. A bit thanks to you and all who were/are involved.
I can't believe I watched the JWST launch live, and remembered every moment of it. I can't believe I'm alive during this period of time
And it's only been one year. So much science already.
Love these channels for people doing their home work and not cut the video every 5 seconds because they can't remember their story to tell! Gives me the epileptics :P GJ nice resolution in 4K thnx
Nothing in my life is more interesting to date. How could anything be more important? I cant wait to see images in 10 years from now. Ground breaking is an understatement
We'll be releasing Year 2 in about 2 months 😀
I'm more hype for that than I am my own birthday
Guys the universe is so vast, even if only 0.001% of all planets contain life, that's still a lot. I have a gut feeling it's probably more like 5% of all planets in the universe.
Thanks for the news!
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Much thanks 0:00
Dude, this video was... AWESOME!! Thank you!
Great video! I'm no an astronomer but I am a data scientist. I think a one-year embargo is very reasonable, especially given that discoveries will be made using these observations for many, many decades.
Great job to your entire team! Can’t wait for JWST to actually prove the universe is older and bigger than we ever imagined!
I worked with Harry Kroto (Sussex UK Nobel Prize Winner) back in the 1980's and we looked at long chained carbon atoms in the Interstellar medium. We knew then, that it had to be 150 Kelvin at least to create these molecules, could this be used in these areas too in order to create a clarity in the overall picture.
Danke!
This was epic, great job and keep up the amazing work👍 cheers from bavaria
Thanks a lot!
To know the age of a galaxy, it would seem to me you would need to know the exqct point where the big bang started, this would seem to me lile an impossible thing to know considering how big the universe is. There would have to be alot of assumptions made to know the starting point. Can someone elaborate on how scientists can know age of a galaxy?
For me I couldn't actually put a date on universe I actually think this beyond us right now but focus on planets maybe this can be say QM observe actual basics this one
This was amazing.
Having the building blocks to compose complex organisms is *only* half of it. Having the building blocks of life does not mean those building blocks *will* come together cohesively, let alone come together at all.
Does having all building materials 50 feet apart mean that building is going to be a reality??????????
Think about it.
Quite intriguing ! Thanks for sharing with us ! Before now, I was only familiar with the Jack Webb Telescope. That one had the reputation of sending back to Earth, "just the facts".
LOVE LOVE LOVE it, imagine humans like Copernicus, Galileo, freaking Pythagoras, and those doing the searches currently must feel so special as humans living since heck, pick a time and it is truly complimentary to be here, Imagine what Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison and Carl Sagan, might contemplate.
Thanks to JWST makers builders and so on, thanks NASA the best time ever is now.
You're the first to actually answer my, "What about an impossibly long rod?" question that stumped my lecturer when I asked about it. And you went into
Oh great, did you give them the answer?
Fraser, why doesn't Wasp-18 crack apart with such a temperature variation?
So, when are you making the second part for this amazing video? I hope soon!!
Year 2 ends in July, so still many months away. It'll be a monster video, though. So much news.
Potentially noob question but if jwst has a 6.5m mirror compared to hubbles 2.5m mirror, what's stopping them from making something with a 10-20+m mirror?
Hell yeah man 25 years of James webb sounds just fine with me. My favoret is the famous black hole picture, absolutely breath taking. I can't wait to see what we find next...
I really appreciate you putting up this video! Great info and pictures done in a way that’s easy to catch ❤ thanks
Does the second picture of the pilars of creation have more resolution or does anything new appear ?
The explanation said it used other wavelengths to see through I guess. To study the composion of matter.
I what to know about if something new appeared in this dust cloud.
We’ve come a long way … Like truly .
It’s almost hard to believe what we’re capable to do nowadays .
12:16 it blows my mind that the collision is not just some dust, but it's stars with planetary systems being thrown around, where stars collide and get slung out into deep space... entire civilizations and habitats are destroyed.. that is, if we are not alone in space. That scale, where stars look like dust, is hard to comprehend.
The same way we have raw footage of the Space station why cant we see footage of the James Webb in space?
You can get the raw data from Webb and Hubble here: mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html
Amazing stuff, and blows my mind that actually we could be the only life in this galaxy. Now it’s clear we need to start sorting ourselves out and look after this earth, but is it to late are we to selfish. 😢
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I do believe that the embargo hurts the science. I believe in letting everyone have access to the data. Human ingenuity is an amazing process. The competition or race, as you said, would allow for newer discoveries faster. More eyes looking to solve problems. This way scientists is not picking the winners and losers through a potential bias collective from the original data. The people would be the judge from the onset