February 11th, 2022 at 3:06 PM ^
This was seen as well, but the administration won't tell us about it...
February 11th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
BOOM!
February 11th, 2022 at 4:05 PM ^
That bowel movement looks like it would have been painful
February 11th, 2022 at 4:31 PM ^
Set it for Nov 11, 2023, game time TBD, when Staee next visits Columbus.
February 11th, 2022 at 5:07 PM ^
2:30 pm local time should work just fine….
February 11th, 2022 at 3:12 PM ^
The first image from the James Webb telescope was a selfie... for realz!
This is really cool and gives a layperson a clear understanding of how it works. They take 18 pictures - one for each of the 18 lenses - and then put them into one image. Really cool how they know where they can find a far away star with a lot of black outer space around it for their calibration efforts.
February 11th, 2022 at 3:36 PM ^
Selfie of the China Mars Orbiter...it launched a mini camera that looked down and snapped these amazing shots:
February 11th, 2022 at 3:32 PM ^
Any James Webb content gets a thumbs up from me. I can't wait for the real images to start rolling in.
February 11th, 2022 at 5:14 PM ^
Same, I love gigantic science projects that help advance our knowledge of our world or universe on a scale like this. Really hoping we find out some really cool stuff
February 11th, 2022 at 7:52 PM ^
this is so awesome. I just hope someday I can be one of the people doing researching on the amazing data James Webb collects. Only 2+ years away from that hopefully...
February 11th, 2022 at 3:40 PM ^
The actual image...lot of work in front of them to focus in all the different pieces which should lead to some mind blowing imagery. This is the Big Dipper btw.
February 11th, 2022 at 6:29 PM ^
It's a single star near the big dipper, not the big dipper itself.
February 11th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
Uranus joke in 3…2…1…
February 11th, 2022 at 4:34 PM ^
I'm kinda surprised they released these initial engineering images before calibration. It opens up NASA to idiots throwing complaints that all the money and time wasn't worth it. But it totally will be when the calibration is finished...
February 11th, 2022 at 5:05 PM ^
Idiots don't need a reason to complain.
February 11th, 2022 at 7:47 PM ^
No, but PR is about making them work for it. The difference between “crazy guy on street corner” and serious political threat is apparent plausibility.
Well, was, anyway. These days, you’re probably correct. Social media. . .
Yeah, never mind. I need a drink now.
February 11th, 2022 at 5:49 PM ^
Still, it is a sign that there is confidence in the project overall…
February 11th, 2022 at 8:50 PM ^
This is really cool, but please take a minute to review “it’s” versus “its“.