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Why was the first Webb telescope image so crooked, crooked, and weird

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In the first image released by NASA from the Webb telescope, some galaxies look like stretched strings of candy. That’s because the universe itself has changed our view of the deep cosmos. Astronomers recently pointed the colossal James Webb Space Telescope at a group of galaxies dubbed SMACS 0723. Most importantly, galaxies are extremely massive objects because they contain hundreds of billions of stars, millions of black holes, and perhaps trillions of planets. The combined mass of these galaxies warps space, like a bowling ball sitting on a mattress. This curved space essentially creates the “lens” we see. So the light from the galaxy behind the galaxy cluster that we (or the Webb telescope) see ends up being distorted. This is an event called “gravitational lensing.” As the Space Telescope Science Institute (which runs the telescope) explains: “It’s like having a camera lens between us and a galaxy more distant.” SEE ALSO: The first stunning cosmic image from the James Webb tel

Why stars look pointed in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope

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The stars in new images from the James Webb Space Telescope look sharper than ever. And I’m not just talking about image quality, which is amazing. I’m talking about the fact that many of the bright stars in photos have very distinct nails that look like Christmas ornaments or, as one of my colleagues put it, “look like JJ Abrams promotional posters, and I love that. ” But this is not the case Lens flare too much. These are diffraction spikes, and if you look closely, you will see that all the bright objects in the JWST image have the same eight-dot pattern. The brighter the light, the clearer the gain. Faint objects such as nebulae or galaxies don’t tend to see much of this distortion. This yaw spike pattern is a unique pattern in JWST. If you compare the photos taken with the new telescope to the images taken by its predecessors, you will see that Hubble has only four diffraction heights to eight at JWST. (Two of the JWST spikes can be very dim, so sometimes there seems to be

This is why the first image of JWST looks full of "lens flare"

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The stars in new images from the James Webb Space Telescope look sharper than ever before. And I’m not just talking about the image quality, which is amazing. I talk about the fact that many of the bright stars in the picture have very different nails from the Christmas decorations or, as one of my colleagues put it, “This looks like a JJ Abrams promo poster, and I love it. ” But this is not a case of too much lens flare. Those are diffraction spikes, and if you look closely, you’ll see that all the bright objects in the JWST image have the same eight-pointed pattern. The brighter the light, the more prominent the features. Dimmer objects such as nebulae or galaxies are less likely to see this distortion. This diffraction spike pattern is unique to JWST. If you compare the images taken by the new telescope with the images taken by its predecessors, you will see that Hubble only has four diffraction spikes for the eight JWSTs. (Two JWST spikes can be very dim, so sometimes it ap

Will we find a new planet? Your burning question about this new image of our cosmos from the NASA space telescope

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NASA has released more images of the galaxy thousands of light years away, captured by their James Webb Space Telescope. And that raises a lot of questions: Will we discover new planets? What would you see from inside one of these galaxies? How big are these pictures really? In an effort to unravel the latest discoveries in our cosmos, we ask you to ask the experts your burning questions. Here’s a bit of what we learned (you can follow the full Q&A here): These galaxies don’t look like this anymore… and may not even exist The first images were released from the James Webb Space Telescope. ( Provided: NASA ) “If the images are billions of years old, can you presume that some of the ‘bodies’ we see don’t exist today? They may look like lots of stars but they are images of the past, if you know what I mean. What’s really there now.” – Nigel Astrophysicist Robin Cook from the University of Western Australia said “absolutely”. “As astronomers, we actually act as great historians – t

UT Southwestern researchers capture first image of antibody attacking neuron receptors

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picture: Autoimmune encephalitis occurs when antibodies or T cells go bad and attack the brain. In this study, UTSW researchers and colleagues from Berlin used cryo-electron microscopy to determine the atomic structure of autoantibodies bound to GABAA receptors. The receptor is an important protein in the brain and a target in autoimmune encephalitis. see again Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center *Click here to watch the video Using the UT Southwestern Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers have for the first time captured images of autoantibodies bound to nerve cell surface receptors, revealing the physical mechanisms behind neurological autoimmune disease. His findings, published in Cell, could lead to new ways to diagnose and treat autoimmune conditions, the study authors said. “We are entering a new era of understanding how autoimmune diseases work in the central nervous system,” says Colleen M. Noviello, Ph.D.,

NASA to show first full color image of the Webb space telescope

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The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful ever sent into orbit, will reveal a stunning new view of the universe with never-before-seen clarity. The photos are hoped to provide an interesting picture of what Webb will capture in the science mission that lies ahead. (Reuters) Pulling the curtain back on a photo gallery like no other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images of the James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary tool that has been designed to peer through the cosmos into the dawn of the universe. The highly anticipated release of spectroscopic images and data on July 12 from the newly operational observatory follows a six-month process of remotely stretching various components, aligning mirrors and their calibration instruments. With Webb now fine tuned and fully focused, astronomers will embark on a list of competitively selected science projects exploring the evolution of galaxies