Space lovers unite! Here are the first images from the James Webb telescope

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NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe | NASA

NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth

Edited July 12, 2022 by jayboogieman

[Brooklyn 3.0]

These are wild. The ones yesterday were crazy too. And when you realize how long ago the photo you're looking at actually represents ... your brain breaks.

[jayboogieman]

3 hours ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

These are wild. The ones yesterday were crazy too. And when you realize how long ago the photo you're looking at actually represents ... your brain breaks.

Yeah. This one is my favorite,

[Brooklyn 3.0]

I still can't wrap my head around it sometimes. Like, a sound travels. We see this when you see an explosion from far off then later hear the boom. Light works the same way, but obviously much faster. But I still can't understand it sometimes. My mind wants to think that we should be able to see light as it is, as it is often constant and not really "traveling" like a sound does. But that's not the case at all. But these stars we're seeing in these photos ... that's not now ... that's hundreds of thousands of years ago from what I understand. It's crazy.

Edited July 13, 2022 by Brooklyn 3.0