Webb Space Telescope Takes Flight

Rear_Intruder

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They took our money based on this;- (From NASA)
"The primary goals of Webb are to study galaxy, star and planet formation in the universe. To see the very first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe, we have to look deep into space to look back in time (because it takes light time to travel from there to here, the farther out we look, the further we look back in time)."

However;-
We got --clearer images of stuff we already knew existed, most of which are not that far away (relatively)
The images of the early universe that they first showed were great, are they still doing that?

That is why I am underwhelmed.
 
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“Most of us don’t have time to get wrapped up in this debate about what is a planet and what isn’t a planet,” McCaughrean said. “It’s like my cat is a chihuahua-mass pet. But it’s not a chihuahua, it’s a cat.”

Crap. Now I have to try to understand Schrodinger's Chihuahua.
 
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“Most of us don’t have time to get wrapped up in this debate about what is a planet and what isn’t a planet,” McCaughrean said. “It’s like my cat is a chihuahua-mass pet. But it’s not a chihuahua, it’s a cat.”

Crap. Now I have to try to understand Schrodinger's Chihuahua.
There are cats that are Chihuahua sized though. :drunk:
 
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