Because It’s Friday – back to space this week

I just missed these announcements for last week’s “Because It’s Friday”.

NASA has released the first scientific infrared images produced by the James Webb Space Telescope:

First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA

Senior Project Scientist John Mather Reflects on Journey to Webb’s First Images – James Webb Space Telescope (nasa.gov)

The images are spectacular – as is the thought that the light we are looking from some of the galaxies has taken 13 billion years to reach the JWST – NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet | NASA.

James Webb telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy (theconversation.com)

And from last week – a word about the JWST cameras:

xkcd: The Best Camera

Further Reading

James Webb Space Telescope articles at Smart Thinking Solutions