How the James Webb Space Telescope will unfold the universe - John C. Mather
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The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's most powerful telescope and humanity's latest attempt to answer questions like: "Where did we come from?" and "Are we alone?" Nobel Laureate John C. Mather, the leader of the team at NASA that built the Webb, explains how this miracle of modern science and engineering will help us observe the first galaxies, the birth of stars, and much more.
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In July 2022, the telescope’s first full-color images and data were released and showed the deepest and sharpest infrared images of distant universes we’ve ever seen. Do these images affect how you feel about our role in the universe? How does our physical size in comparison to the universe around us fit into that role?
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Neveah Jones
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My role in the universe is still the same, The physical comparison between the universe and humans is a big difference but without human life forms on earth I feel like it would've fallen apart.
Shaniya Bolden
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t feels weird, cuz cant imagine how big really its our galaxy, even for me its impossible to try to recreate a image in my mind of what big is in real life, sometimes i imagine how is to be up there completely alone in the bast space
sorry for my redaction, right now im tryng to increase my english level
Omari Williams
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I feel hope that in the future, humans can glide throughout the universe, and spread peace throughout the galaxy but in the same way,because in the present I can only imagine the future wonders of a more advanced planet that I didn't live in.
Deontanae Pitchford
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I cant imagine goinf to space and seeing that
Gabriel Sánchez Bejarano
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it feels weird, cuz cant imagine how big really its our galaxy, even for me its impossible to try to recreate a image in my mind of what big is in real life, sometimes i imagine how is to be up there completely alone in the bast space
sorry for my redaction, right now im tryng to increase my english level
ELIAS FAZ VILLALOBOS
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Reading this I feel hope that in the future, humans can glide throughout the universe, living with aliens, and spread peace throughout the galaxy but in the same way, I feel lonely because in the present I can only imagine the future wonders of a more advanced planet that I didn't live in.
