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James Webb telescope countdown to launch and first light

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Re: James Webb telescope countdown to launch and first light

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Check out this image of galaxy NGC 628 in visible light from the Hubble space telescope.

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Compare to this image of the same galaxy in infrared light from JWST. (Click link below.)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FX8BM9RWIAI ... =4096x4096
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Re: James Webb telescope countdown to launch and first light

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Pretty impressive, Isn't it. And they're saying that this vast area represents only a space the size of a grain of sand, viewed if held on the tip of your finger at arm's length.... How can that be possible?

Space must never end. Yet how can that be?

Maybe this should go in the Philosophy section. :|
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