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For those that haven't been keeping up or aren't aware of the significance of the James Webb telescope, first take a glance at this image illustrating the relative position of the imaging device with respect to the Earth and the Sun:
The telescope will be orbiting the sun at a fixed distance from the earth. It's orbit is such that it will always be hidden behind the earth, always outside of direct contact with the rays of the sun. With it being hidden from sunlight, it will be able to observe frequencies of EM oscillations never imaged before. What does this mean in practice?
Consider the electromagnetic spectrum, and what tiny sliver of it we can observe with the naked eye. Now consider what appearance the reflection of the invisible oscillations across the universe might look like?
For example consider UV images of the sun, and just how different they appear than it's sight from the perspective of visible light
It simply blows my mind trying to think what shapes might appear from oscillations that are otherwise hidden from the EM pollution of the sun. I like to imagine there are "ghosts" out there across the universe, or possibly a fabric of space-time that we couldn't possibly visualize before because our observations always included the waves emitted from the sun.
The telescope being hidden from this light allows us to observe unimaginable shapes. It is such an exciting time to be alive!
The telescope will be orbiting the sun at a fixed distance from the earth. It's orbit is such that it will always be hidden behind the earth, always outside of direct contact with the rays of the sun. With it being hidden from sunlight, it will be able to observe frequencies of EM oscillations never imaged before. What does this mean in practice?
Consider the electromagnetic spectrum, and what tiny sliver of it we can observe with the naked eye. Now consider what appearance the reflection of the invisible oscillations across the universe might look like?
For example consider UV images of the sun, and just how different they appear than it's sight from the perspective of visible light
It simply blows my mind trying to think what shapes might appear from oscillations that are otherwise hidden from the EM pollution of the sun. I like to imagine there are "ghosts" out there across the universe, or possibly a fabric of space-time that we couldn't possibly visualize before because our observations always included the waves emitted from the sun.
The telescope being hidden from this light allows us to observe unimaginable shapes. It is such an exciting time to be alive!
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