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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Is on its way into space. Hopefully will see galaxies way back from the early universe.

Are we the only life looking into the void?

So many questions. Hopefully we will find many more answers…

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By *x-Andy-xxMan
over a year ago

Plymouth

A fantastic Christmas gift to the people on The Pale Blue Dot.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s incredible the engineering and design. The whole telescope unfolds like origami, through hundreds of release mechanisms that have to work perfectly, or the whole thing won’t work if one fails.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think once its up there and they see that it still keeps going on

and on and on they will be saying we need an even bigger telescope

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I have a skywatcher telescope. Recommend a barlow (not ken!) lens.

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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago

Bristol


"I think once its up there and they see that it still keeps going on

and on and on they will be saying we need an even bigger telescope "

Well is lifespan is only about 10 years so they already working on the next one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s incredible the engineering and design. The whole telescope unfolds like origami, through hundreds of release mechanisms that have to work perfectly, or the whole thing won’t work if one fails. "

And it the size of a tennis court

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's amazing to think humans can build a machine that will be able to look back 13 and a half billion years in time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s incredible the engineering and design. The whole telescope unfolds like origami, through hundreds of release mechanisms that have to work perfectly, or the whole thing won’t work if one fails.

And it the size of a tennis court "

Yeah! It said it takes months for it to all unfurl

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By *alguyMan
over a year ago

Gibraltar & Manchester

Are we the only life???

Simple maths dictates that we were not in the past/currently not/won't be in the future alone.

How you delete as applicable for those 3 choices I'm not sure!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm really excited about what the Webb telescope will discover.

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield


"I think once its up there and they see that it still keeps going on

and on and on they will be saying we need an even bigger telescope "

Well, yes. This is how progress works.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s incredible the engineering and design. The whole telescope unfolds like origami, through hundreds of release mechanisms that have to work perfectly, or the whole thing won’t work if one fails.

And it the size of a tennis court

Yeah! It said it takes months for it to all unfurl "

Did I hear 10months on the radio? Listening to what there hoping for is really quite mind blowing.

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"Are we the only life???

Simple maths dictates that we were not in the past/currently not/won't be in the future alone.

How you delete as applicable for those 3 choices I'm not sure!

"

Maths hasn’t yet proved life exists anywhere else.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think we are alone unfortunately. I know there is an abundance of planets orbiting stars in the Goldilocks Zone but I think the universe is all for us.

The Anthropic Principle.

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By *ildmanYorksMan
over a year ago

Doncaster & Bembridge


"I have a skywatcher telescope. Recommend a barlow (not ken!) lens. "

I got a Celestron 130EQ for Christmas. Now waiting for a cloud free night!

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss


"I'm really excited about what the Webb telescope will discover. "

I'm really excited about WHO it will discover

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon


"I'm really excited about what the Webb telescope will discover.

I'm really excited about WHO it will discover "

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

What happens if they spot an alien on another planet holding up a placard that says “shove off and stop being so nosey!”?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have a skywatcher telescope. Recommend a barlow (not ken!) lens. "

Is it Deir?..dre

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It's amazing to think humans can build a machine that will be able to look back 13 and a half billion years in time. "

I bet the designer was a woman

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex


"It’s incredible the engineering and design. The whole telescope unfolds like origami, through hundreds of release mechanisms that have to work perfectly, or the whole thing won’t work if one fails.

And it the size of a tennis court

Yeah! It said it takes months for it to all unfurl

Did I hear 10months on the radio? Listening to what there hoping for is really quite mind blowing. "

One reason given for the long time it will take before we get any data from James Webb is that each of the dozen or so reflectors needs to be fine adjusted to focus on the receiver. The motors that do this task spin so slowly that the panels will each move at the same rate that grass grows.

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By *moothshaftMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I have an old 3.5 inch reflector telescope.

I really really want to update to at least an 8 inch (waits for the puns!!), I think this is the minimum requirement for galaxy watching.

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss


"I'm really excited about what the Webb telescope will discover.

I'm really excited about WHO it will discover

"

Gotta embrace the Aliens Posh

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss


"What happens if they spot an alien on another planet holding up a placard that says “shove off and stop being so nosey!”?

"

I'd love to see a alien peer into the lens

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here

“The James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its five-layer sunshield, a critical milestone for the success of its mission”

Excellent news

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"“The James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its five-layer sunshield, a critical milestone for the success of its mission”

Excellent news "

Exciting

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham

I feel it’s connecting us to our beginnings.

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here

NASA has just confirmed the Webb telescope is now fully deployed in space

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"NASA has just confirmed the Webb telescope is now fully deployed in space

"

Excellent

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By *escourtesMan
over a year ago

hereford

They only built it so they can watch the Clangers and Soup Dragon

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here


"They only built it so they can watch the Clangers and Soup Dragon "

Money well spent

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"They only built it so they can watch the Clangers and Soup Dragon "

Aww bless

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By *anae21Woman
over a year ago

Nearer than you think

It'll have the same impact on cosmological research and astrophotography that the Hubble did. Awesome stuff!

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend


"They only built it so they can watch the Clangers and Soup Dragon "

Boop boop beep woooo

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By *eacupsbearCouple
over a year ago

York


"What happens if they spot an alien on another planet holding up a placard that says “shove off and stop being so nosey!”?

I'd love to see a alien peer into the lens "

Both options preferable to an alien tennis court sized telescope crash landing on earth

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By *yron69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"It'll have the same impact on cosmological research and astrophotography that the Hubble did. Awesome stuff!

"

Indeed it will x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We will be balls deep in CMB in no time

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