We haven't been born yet

"I think the problem with humans is they keep trying to find other humans." 

To elaborate because that is a complex sentence which sounds so simple it looks basic. So I'd start from the beginning.

Even if you've never been interested in Astronomy, you must've seen a few 'spacey' pictures floating around the internet recently.

Everyone's been in a frenzy since US president, Joe Biden unveiled NASA's shots of the past, captured by the $10 Billion massive telescope orbiting the sun right now.

Well that's the backstory, so let's begin;

What's JWST?

JWST is an acronym for James Webb Space Telescope.

JWST is the latest space telescope with improved infrared resolution and sensitivity which will allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope (launched in 1990), so essentially it's a huge upgrade from old HST.

I made a tool to compare Webb's new images to Hubble! https://t.co/1JqTxabgGC #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope pic.twitter.com/2wRO8t0LXD

— John Christensen (@Johnnyc1423) July 12, 2022

Where is the James Webb telescope currently located?

The JWST is now orbiting around an invisible point in space known as an 'Earth-Sun' Lagrange point (Lagrange points are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under two massive orbiting bodies).

How long will it take the James Webb telescope to reach its destination?

Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which currently orbits the Earth, James Webb's orbit will have it moving through space circling the sun. It reached the entry point for its orbit, over one million miles away, on Monday, January 24, 2022. This only took roughly a month to reach its orbit. Talk about the speed on this thing—it's giving fast and straightforward.

What will the James Webb telescope take pictures of?

The JWST is a space telescope that was created to 'observe,' so it's only logical for the telescope to take pictures of galaxies, planets, and more.

From this moment on you will always be able to tell the difference between a Hubble image and a JWST image:

Hubble stars have four spikes in a cross. JWST stars have six in a snowflake. Thank you for your time. pic.twitter.com/BWsv2WqCqD

— Hank Green (@hankgreen) July 12, 2022

How far is James Webb telescope from Earth now?

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now orbiting around the sun at a distance of nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth.

What is the difference between the Hubble telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope?

The Webb telescope's primary mirror is 6.5 meters in diameter, compared with Hubble's, which is 2.4 meters, giving Webb about seven times as much light-gathering capability and thus the ability to see further into the past. The pictures we see are equivalent to time traveling in some way.

The image shows thousands of galaxies as they appeared 4.6 billion years ago. 4 BILLION years ago. I wonder what we were all doing four billion years ago.

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