My favourite JWST discovery so far is... Dr Becky. I stumbled across her whilst looking for info about the JWST developments and have been entranced ever since. She's so warm, funny, engaging with the uncanny ability to break concepts down into simple chunks that even I can digest, part of me wishes she was on tv, but I suspect that would take too much time away from her being an actual working astrophyicist and that would be a shame. YT vids are good enough for me.
Now, Dr. Becky, you missed a perfect opportunity right at the start to say: "I'm a doctor (of astrophysics), not a sound engineer." :) Keep up the good work.
I'm just glad she's young and ready to take the "Astro Crown" from Neil DeGrasse --- he's become too smug and snooty to be tolerated anymore --- plus, he laughs too hard at his own jokes --- he's jumped the shark
@@Sidowse she might be acting a little but overall I find her more tolerable than Neil DeGrasse these days --- he's become too arrogant and smarmy for my tastes --- all he wants to do is hang out with celebrities and joke around --- he lost his edge
@@Sidowse Everyone who has a public face has a "presenting persona". It's the only way to stay healthy as a public figure! Especially with the toxic nature of comment sections... 😩
@@marksusskind1260 ...or more limitations. there is nothing a PhD student can do which the computer can not do better. The PhD students put enormous effort to be like computers.
I am a little sad at how far the Hubble has fallen in reference to JWST. I know JWST is awesome but Hubble will always be the telescope that opened space to the public.
I don’t see it as a competitive thing. Of course Hubble has been awesome - the excitement is all about the possibilities opened by the technological advancements during the period between Hubble and JWST. Comparisons with Hubble are simply a way of providing frames of reference for that excitement. We are all on the same team!
A meme is just a meme, I know a few ( I'm not in academia) people who are/were excited about JWST but still appreciate what Hubble did. I'm sure the next time I talk to them they will have laughed at Dr Becky's meme review also!
Once again, Dr. Becky, your excitement for your work reminds me of the old saying, "Work is never work if you're doing what you love." Your smile, your attitude and your knowledge of space are impressively infectious. Always fun to watch your weeklies! Cheers!
I read the Commissioning Report (even though it's way over my head, it's not my area of expertise), and it was really interesting. One of my favorite little details: they had a serious problem with pointing using the guidance camera because it just kept discovering that things in the catalog marked stars were actually galaxies and it couldn't lock on properly...
Today, in Portland Oregon I met a woman in the doctor's waiting room and we were talking about JWST. I mentioned you and she was like, "I watch her channel too!" In my book, if you meet a random stranger and they happen to know about the same "personality" that counts as being famous. Especially if the personality is from a totally different country. You are on your way to becoming the Millennial "Carl Sagan!" Keep up the great work. Nearly half a million subscribers to a channel dedicated to science means you are doing something right.
Thank you. As always it is a great pleasure to spend some time with you. The bonus is this old one learns something new from you each time. Peace love & stardust. TomCat
This is one of the greatest explainers I have seen, it explains a lot of the things I've been trying to explain to my co-workers. Now I can just say sit here with me and watch this video. Thanks Becky!
Truly feeling sympathetic, and a bit guilty. I'm sitting in my air conditioned office watching your video earlier than normal because I didn't want to go out and deal with the heat. But, I love this, mixing lots of real science with the funny reactions. Thanks, and stay cool.
Hi Becky, if you have acces to a VR headset, you should totally watch the free ISS experience that just released. Its filmed in 3D VR in the space station and outside the space station like you're in orbit around the planet for real in a spacesuit. Its GLORIOUS. You would LOVE THAT for sure.
I cracked up when Becky grabbed her phone to calculate the resolution - I suddenly thought of my high school maths teacher: "You won't always have a calculator with you!" "Hey! Here's a literal astrophysicist using a calculator - if it's good enough for her, it was good enough for me in Year 11!" :D
Yeah! I think a big issue is that many teachers went to university long before we did (assuming you're relatively young), when teaching styles and technology were different. University professors, on the other hand, do lots of research so they know what tools are available in practice. I don't think I've ever had a no-calculator exam in my entire undergrad program. I've even had open-textbook and open-laptop exams, because the ability to make decisions and analyze information is a lot more important than the ability to memorize and crunch numbers (things that computers can do far better than us).
@@antonliakhovitch8306 School is a time to learn skills, develop your logical reasoning, etc. Once you've mastered the principles you can skip the grunt work and use every tool at your disposal. We now have natural language models capable of answering tests and passing law exams, should we let students use them ?
I just wanted to say how much I admire your channel Dr Becky; and that I really appreciate how accessible you make science to the average person without dumbing it down. I think that's really quite wonderful, thank you. I think you have a wonderful sense of humor also :-)
Nothing makes me happier than watching an expert revel in their childlike curiosity for their field. When Dr. Smethurst was trying to wrap her mind around the sheer volume of data to be generated by JWST, her eyes lit up like fireworks. Amazing.
It's really refreshing to see someone so delighted by their chosen profession that not only are they great at it, the joy shines through and is contagious. I think one day Dr Becky will be a bigger star than anyone realizes.
I watched the JWST reveal on both NASA and your chammel. I had never seen a bonified nerd party before and was enjoying the feeds umtil I realized : Hey, I am watching too! Lov the channel thanks for all the effort.
The heat was horrific, especially on Tuesday. It was 38 degrees in my home office... I'm Scottish, I'm just not built for that. Well done for even getting this video out. 😄
I spent that really hot day in our server room. The servers were all turned off for upgrade/rebuild but the air con wasn't. I had to go and get a coat, hat, and gloves. It was a strange day.
I think the best thing I've seen is the videos on other UA-cam channels that had "JWST" reactions, and used pictures of you (Dr. Becky) reacting. (For example Joe Scott) (Of course I'd already seen your reaction video first - but it was still appreciated/fun to see others using your reaction.) As always thank you so very much for the video.
I always love when scientists covering really old or large timescales or objects say only because its always so crazy what they say next but somehow in the grandscheme of things it is only.
Your meme reaction videos always make me think of how my husband tells me jokes and I laugh and then try to add some sort of commentary (I'm a sociologist) and he responds (not wanting to really discuss serious stuff), "Thanks for telling me why my joke was not funny, Dr. Academic!" In my brain, I have nicknamed your meme reaction videos the "Dr. Academic" videos, but unlike my jokester husband, I enjoy the humor and the explanations!
I did that Spider-man meme just after the images were revealed, except I did it correctly. He sees better without the glasses after being bitten by the spider, so that's where the JWST image should be.
Persistence of Memory is based in part on Einstein's theories of the relative nature of time. That you'd end up getting weird things like that. Gravitational lensing is also predicted by Einstein's theory and the lensing around the sun was one of the first clear observational proofs. So it's sort of full circle there...
I would like her to address this concern, if it is one. I don't fear clickbait when the good Dr. informs us. Other internet folk don't have her extensive credentials, her nimble span of complex knowledge, her infectious enthusiasm, the power in the rigor of her work. She be good!
So you turned the fan off for better audio and then had low battery issues on the mic. You have my every sympathy. Your dedication to your channel is admirable.
Is there a way in which we might put Hubble & JWST images together into one composite image? Or would it be too hard to add the false colours for it to make sense to our eyes?
Hypothetical question: Would you, from the data recorded by hubble, be able to identify other artificial objects in space. Like, let's say an alien species at a similar point in technological advancement decided that now would be a pretty good time to launch a space telescope (maybe similar to JWST or Hubble), could these see and identify each other? And how close would they need to be for that. And how about bigger objects like spaceships or entire space stations. Or an alien version of the voyager probes.
Something like the Voyager probes would be pretty much impossible to detect, they are way too small. Something far beyond JWST's capabilities would be necessary. A telescope is of a similar size. It's hard enough to detect planets, and they are much bigger than a probe. And we cannot even see planet 9 after all this time, and that's somewhere nearby, in our system and it should be bigger than Earth. Just think of the "pale blue dot" image.
The issue with that is the sheer vastness of space. The closest star to us is Proxima centauri, which is about 4,25 LY from us. So, even if some aliens from there watched us with something good enough to resolve JWST, they wouldn't see it for another 4 and 1/4 of years, because only then the first light reflected from the satelite would arrive there. So unless you're a close stellar neighbour, you won't really be able to see anything for decades / centuries. And if someone from further away ( let's say 100 LY away, which is, BTW, in space terms actually reeeeealy close, since the entire Milky way is at least 100 000 LY across) saw earth, they wouldn't see what we see. They would see a pre-spaceflight species (hell, probably pre-flight species). That's actually one of the solutions of Fermi's paradox - there are a lot of aliens around, but everyone is so far away from us, the light that left their planet while they are around didn't have enough time to reach us yet. Hell, the first civilisations on earth emerged probably no more than 10 000 years ago, so most of our own galaxy wouldn't see us for anything more than a smart animal even if they'd be able to see us at all. The other thing is the size of the artifical objects. We at our current technological level are at best able to observe planets (if we're talking about anything outside the sol system) and even that is possible only because the planets sometimes pass between us and their star. So no, someone with on our technological level wouldn't be able to find JWST, unless they were in our solar system, and since they would lack the means of interstellar travel, that would assume they evolved in our solar system alongside us. TL&DR I'm 99,99% sure someone on our technolgical level wouldn't be able to find any artifical object in our solar system, unless they were observing from within the solar system.
From NASA's JWST FAQ : "[Webb] will be able to see directly the reflected light of [Jupiter sized] planets." "It will also be possible to see very young planets in formation, while they are still hot." "Webb will not have the resolution to see any details on the planets." (Of course, this refers to planets outside our solar system.) So, JWST cannot see things as small and/or as cold as, say, the Earth. Things built by alien civilizations are right out -- even if they build something as big as the Death Star -- even if they build an artificial Earth! Only if an alien civilization were much, MUCH more advanced than us and built something the size of Jupiter (more than 10x the diameter of Earth and more than 1,000x the volume of Earth), or something as hot as a molten planet still undergoing formation, could JWST detect it. BUT, even if it could detect it, it could not see enough detail to distinguish it from an actual, natural planet.
@@D3emonic The true measure should be that of radio transmissions which we have only been broadcasting for 80 or so years. Thus no alien life form will be able to detect us until the 'bubble' has expanded into their sphere of influence and vice versa for us to detect them should they be capable of radio transmission/reception.
Dr. Becky tells you everything you need to know in this video to answer this question yourself. The Hubble doesn't have enough resolution to even be able to see Apollo spacecraft that landed on the moon 250,000 miles away as more than a single pixel. So, no, it isn't going to see another Hubble light years away. Spacecraft are TINY.
Your new JWST merchandise is awesome. I ordered the JWST reflection t-shirt. I would have bought the JWST first science image t-shirt, but I think the lower right image should have been moved outward to make the images form a smiley face.
I like these spontaneous looking up information. don't have to be very produced look and feels like you're just talking to us :). a neat trick to keep cool is to put a bucket of ice water in front of the fan. it'll keep you cool until you need to refreeze the ice again.
Are we about to reach a point in time when there are not enough people on this planet to study the data from billions of galaxies observed by JWST and future space telescopes?
5:00 High-resolution horse head very exciting, but worth noting that if University of Arizona is behind the proposal it is surely related only to cheerleading
1:17 Glad to know I'm not the only astrophysicist who appreciates a great SpongeBob meme! Also appreciate the classic SpongeBob narration transitions throughout the video lol
4:40 the one I personally am anticipating, bearing in mind looking at the same things again versus looking at entirely new things is kinda a big deal…but the one I’m looking forward to is the nebula/dust cloud dubbed “the pillars of creation”
dr becky please do an overlay review of the cloud at 1.42 . there are new stars in the JWST image and since the hubble photo the cloud has actually moved in areas as well . i like your approach to and knowledge of space and how easily you explain to the novice .
Oh wow. I didn't realise that you filmed this on one the hottest days of the year and had to turn off your fan to do it. That's dedication. Thank goodness it's cooler now.
I love that I found you recently (I don't remember how) after recently getting more into physics and that you also watch Kara and Nate 🤣 Edit: spelling
Another great video as always. Though there was a lot of white noise throughout the whole video for some reason. I tested my setup to make sure it wasn't me. Tried speakers, headphones, reloaded the video, played different video, etc. Only hearing it on this one.
The only part that bugs me about the Spider-Man meme is that it's backwards. That's the part of the movie where he realizes he has super spider vision I guess, and that his glasses now make his vision blurry! I get why they used it for the meme just because of the imagery, but I can't help but think of how it looks from his end after having gone through spider puberty.
Telescope related. I’d be curious to have you talk about the observatory on La Palma since the volcano stopped erupting. When did it get back to routine operations?
Cool explanation of the resolutions of each and their overlap. I rarely watch the bloopers but this time I did. Don't worry pretty lady, we're not here to watch or judge your hair 😉. Thanks for doing what you do and doing it so well. 😊
I was just talking craziness about how cows eat grass, and the reflection of light through to another dimension, in like rectangular lights and crazy ghost stories like skin walker ranch with the spirits, without the most solid eyewitness testimony like when the logger touched the space ship with all his friends watching, and getting stuff back in pharoah's tomb, like some food at a distance, or whatever original things we can get back there without all the sacrifices and all that or however it was that they died with a bird swooping down or whatever. Pretty interesting video though, very cool. And the entanglement of dual realities in a photosynthetic plane, and how our reality can be affected in a very powerful way from that reality, and how we can affect that reality from this reality. I'm definitely planning on getting cremated myself though anyway. And in a more perfect world maybe converting that into thermal energy, and how about the most efficient energy country with all the hot springs, and yellowstone park? And not to mention a looping hydro-electric syphon system in the future making?
I'm watching this in the middle of an Australian winter and thinking "35 degrees?.....You lucky beggar"! 🤣But seriously i love watching your video's for the sheer enthusiasm you portray, may it never fade 😁👍
Always great to have a fun video from you! One topic that might be worth a dive as I had no idea about it until I saw an article pop up in my feed. The concerns of micro-meteor strikes and how one of the mirrors already took a decent hit! BUT they were able to offset the mirror to null-out most of the impact's effects? Like.... how is that possible? If all the mirrors have to be focused at the same location to get clarity and resolution, how can you adjust the focus of one mirror to account for meteor impact damage? Then there's also the concern of if meteor strikes are going to be more common than originally simulated, thus potentially reducing the life-space of JWST?
You know, that is all good questions, it would be good to hear from someone who actually knows. But bear with me to share a frustration, especially on a site like this dealing with astronomy. The use of correct terms. A meteor is a flash of light as a meteoroid gets burned up entering the atmosphere. If part of it survives to the ground we call that a meteorite. So the gist of all this is a meteor cannot hit a Webb mirror. It was a meteoroid. Now your first reactions might be "why is this guy so nit-picking?" Well as I started out this is not some social club discussion, it is an astronomy and astrophysics channel so we owe it to each other to use correct terminology.
Happened to be scrolling and saw this 7 minutes after uploading; then as I was watching UA-cam sent me a notification saying it had been uploaded. It's like... WAAAAY ahead of you guys hahahaha.
Dr. Becky, you are definitely one of the "5%ters" in Academic Science, combining comprehension and articulation at your fingertips!! Enthusiasm, resourcefulness, and "That unique" communication skill leaves this 85-year-old research scientist in awe! That is what I want to be when I grow up. lol
Those Memes took Billions of years to get here. It's interesting to try to decipher the Humor of the early Universe.
Memes is what is the universe is really made of
@@jerga2002 Oh you should see the Quantum Memes that CERN is discovering too. We will soon bridge the Humor gap to read the jokes of God.
@@247tubefan Like the duck billed platypus? I know God had to be laughing when He made it! Let them try to explain that one!
The humour of the early universe must be very dry
@@billoddy5637 No, but it is very, very dark.
My favourite JWST discovery so far is... Dr Becky. I stumbled across her whilst looking for info about the JWST developments and have been entranced ever since. She's so warm, funny, engaging with the uncanny ability to break concepts down into simple chunks that even I can digest, part of me wishes she was on tv, but I suspect that would take too much time away from her being an actual working astrophyicist and that would be a shame. YT vids are good enough for me.
Now, Dr. Becky, you missed a perfect opportunity right at the start to say: "I'm a doctor (of astrophysics), not a sound engineer." :) Keep up the good work.
Despite the warning, I had no problems with the sound at all.
I dunno, I think she's a pretty sound engineer.
@@Destructor111 I think this is a winner right here. Well played, sir. :)
So happy for Dr. Becky, to have JWST come online so early in her career, what a time to be in astrophysics.
I'm just glad she's young and ready to take the "Astro Crown" from Neil DeGrasse --- he's become too smug and snooty to be tolerated anymore --- plus, he laughs too hard at his own jokes --- he's jumped the shark
very good point! Dr Becky has an incredibly exciting future working with all the amazing data that JWST is going to collect in coming years!
@@Sidowse she might be acting a little but overall I find her more tolerable than Neil DeGrasse these days --- he's become too arrogant and smarmy for my tastes --- all he wants to do is hang out with celebrities and joke around --- he lost his edge
@@Sidowse Everyone who has a public face has a "presenting persona". It's the only way to stay healthy as a public figure! Especially with the toxic nature of comment sections... 😩
@@Sidowse without seeing her outside of UA-cam it's hard to say.
My absolute favorite part was "There are PhD students not born yet that will be working with this data...." =D
Why do we need PhD students to work with data when we have computers?
PhD people have limitations, computers have limitations, join together and have fewer limitations@@reasonerenlightened2456
@@marksusskind1260 ...or more limitations. there is nothing a PhD student can do which the computer can not do better. The PhD students put enormous effort to be like computers.
@@reasonerenlightened2456 except reason, at least for now
@@praguevara The role of the average PhD is to be the tool that does what it is told ... kind of like the computer.
I am a little sad at how far the Hubble has fallen in reference to JWST. I know JWST is awesome but Hubble will always be the telescope that opened space to the public.
Hear, hear!
Yeah well I guess it's time to let Hubble go
I don’t see it as a competitive thing.
Of course Hubble has been awesome - the excitement is all about the possibilities opened by the technological advancements during the period between Hubble and JWST. Comparisons with Hubble are simply a way of providing frames of reference for that excitement.
We are all on the same team!
The Hubble Deep Field will always be iconic, it raised the bar much higher and it got a lot of people interested on astronomy.
A meme is just a meme, I know a few ( I'm not in academia) people who are/were excited about JWST but still appreciate what Hubble did. I'm sure the next time I talk to them they will have laughed at Dr Becky's meme review also!
Once again, Dr. Becky, your excitement for your work reminds me of the old saying, "Work is never work if you're doing what you love." Your smile, your attitude and your knowledge of space are impressively infectious. Always fun to watch your weeklies! Cheers!
Do what you love, and you will never work a day in your life (because there are no openings for jobs in astrophysics?)🤣
I read the Commissioning Report (even though it's way over my head, it's not my area of expertise), and it was really interesting. One of my favorite little details: they had a serious problem with pointing using the guidance camera because it just kept discovering that things in the catalog marked stars were actually galaxies and it couldn't lock on properly...
Today, in Portland Oregon I met a woman in the doctor's waiting room and we were talking about JWST. I mentioned you and she was like, "I watch her channel too!"
In my book, if you meet a random stranger and they happen to know about the same "personality" that counts as being famous. Especially if the personality is from a totally different country.
You are on your way to becoming the Millennial "Carl Sagan!" Keep up the great work. Nearly half a million subscribers to a channel dedicated to science means you are doing something right.
Thank you. As always it is a great pleasure to spend some time with you. The bonus is this old one learns something new from you each time. Peace love & stardust. TomCat
This is one of the greatest explainers I have seen, it explains a lot of the things I've been trying to explain to my co-workers. Now I can just say sit here with me and watch this video. Thanks Becky!
Truly feeling sympathetic, and a bit guilty. I'm sitting in my air conditioned office watching your video earlier than normal because I didn't want to go out and deal with the heat. But, I love this, mixing lots of real science with the funny reactions. Thanks, and stay cool.
Must be official now. Dr. Becky is a legend, she has become a meme. Thanks, informative and entertaining as always.
Hi Becky, if you have acces to a VR headset, you should totally watch the free ISS experience that just released. Its filmed in 3D VR in the space station and outside the space station like you're in orbit around the planet for real in a spacesuit. Its GLORIOUS. You would LOVE THAT for sure.
I love it
Where and how can we watch it?
It makes me sick as a dog, and my VR legs are pretty damn good.
Please, please, please any details on this app? On steam? oculus?
Link?
That horse head nebula meme is especially hilarious 😂
Loved the bun with the stream of mini hair shooting up from the center (in bloopers). You totally should rock that look every time. 🙂
Love the stream of thought videos. It shows how a inquisitive mind raises questions all the time
Yay I was in the video! I'm big time now 😁
Great stuff, Dr. Becky!
Thanks for the awesome meme!!!
I cracked up when Becky grabbed her phone to calculate the resolution - I suddenly thought of my high school maths teacher: "You won't always have a calculator with you!"
"Hey! Here's a literal astrophysicist using a calculator - if it's good enough for her, it was good enough for me in Year 11!" :D
Haha! YES
Yeah! I think a big issue is that many teachers went to university long before we did (assuming you're relatively young), when teaching styles and technology were different.
University professors, on the other hand, do lots of research so they know what tools are available in practice. I don't think I've ever had a no-calculator exam in my entire undergrad program. I've even had open-textbook and open-laptop exams, because the ability to make decisions and analyze information is a lot more important than the ability to memorize and crunch numbers (things that computers can do far better than us).
@@antonliakhovitch8306 School is a time to learn skills, develop your logical reasoning, etc. Once you've mastered the principles you can skip the grunt work and use every tool at your disposal.
We now have natural language models capable of answering tests and passing law exams, should we let students use them ?
I just wanted to say how much I admire your channel Dr Becky; and that I really appreciate how accessible you make science to the average person without dumbing it down. I think that's really quite wonderful, thank you. I think you have a wonderful sense of humor also :-)
Nothing makes me happier than watching an expert revel in their childlike curiosity for their field. When Dr. Smethurst was trying to wrap her mind around the sheer volume of data to be generated by JWST, her eyes lit up like fireworks. Amazing.
It's really refreshing to see someone so delighted by their chosen profession that not only are they great at it, the joy shines through and is contagious.
I think one day Dr Becky will be a bigger star than anyone realizes.
Yes, it was in her eyes!
I watched the JWST reveal on both NASA and your chammel. I had never seen a bonified nerd party before and was enjoying the feeds umtil I realized : Hey, I am watching too! Lov the channel thanks for all the effort.
The heat was horrific, especially on Tuesday. It was 38 degrees in my home office... I'm Scottish, I'm just not built for that. Well done for even getting this video out. 😄
The edit in the heat was the hardest part 😅 especially with that audio
Just a short jump over to the other side of the North Sea we are only up to a cool 28. 🙂
@@DrBecky please stay safe and cool
@@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 Becky is always cool!
Holy dear, thank you Dr. Becky. You have answered many of the questions I have had regarding space and our understanding of it in this video!
Hi Sam!
Only Dr. B could make a "meme video" and turn it into a lesson in telescope optics.
I spent that really hot day in our server room. The servers were all turned off for upgrade/rebuild but the air con wasn't.
I had to go and get a coat, hat, and gloves. It was a strange day.
I am not going to get that horsehead nebular meme out of my head for a while. That was brilliant!!!!
Absolutely! I just sent it to a friend who's a professor of optics at the local university. He loved it!
Love the way this FUN vid about memes gets into angular focus and the formula for it within 2 minutes.
Dr Becky: The sun is very hot
Me: This is the PhD Astrophysicist content I'm looking for
I think the best thing I've seen is the videos on other UA-cam channels that had "JWST" reactions, and used pictures of you (Dr. Becky) reacting. (For example Joe Scott) (Of course I'd already seen your reaction video first - but it was still appreciated/fun to see others using your reaction.)
As always thank you so very much for the video.
"PhD students using this data that are not even born yet"... well, that kinda blew my mind just finishing mine lol
I always love when scientists covering really old or large timescales or objects say only because its always so crazy what they say next but somehow in the grandscheme of things it is only.
Your meme reaction videos always make me think of how my husband tells me jokes and I laugh and then try to add some sort of commentary (I'm a sociologist) and he responds (not wanting to really discuss serious stuff), "Thanks for telling me why my joke was not funny, Dr. Academic!" In my brain, I have nicknamed your meme reaction videos the "Dr. Academic" videos, but unlike my jokester husband, I enjoy the humor and the explanations!
Haha! I love this 😂
I'm the one adding the extra commentary to memes in my relationship. I don't think she minds though. :P
I love these space meme review videos when you do them, they're so fun and silly.
I did that Spider-man meme just after the images were revealed, except I did it correctly. He sees better without the glasses after being bitten by the spider, so that's where the JWST image should be.
Sorry about the heat Dr Becky, hope you have a great rest of your day, and it starts cooling off soon for you.
Persistence of Memory is based in part on Einstein's theories of the relative nature of time. That you'd end up getting weird things like that. Gravitational lensing is also predicted by Einstein's theory and the lensing around the sun was one of the first clear observational proofs. So it's sort of full circle there...
Awesome video, what a great way to present science information.
Thanks 🤗
If the micro meteor strikes continue at this pace and severity, is there any new projections of how long JWT will last as a high-level telescope
I would like her to address this concern, if it is one. I don't fear clickbait when the good Dr. informs us. Other internet folk don't have her extensive credentials, her nimble span of complex knowledge, her infectious enthusiasm, the power in the rigor of her work. She be good!
@@lancewedor5306 I'm hoping that any deformations that result - short of real damage - can be corrected with software just as was done for Hubble.
So you turned the fan off for better audio and then had low battery issues on the mic. You have my every sympathy. Your dedication to your channel is admirable.
I once saw this meme saying: never ask an astrophysicist what ‘far’ means
I accidentally ran across your channel Dr. Becky. I love it. Thank you. I wished I had seen it earlier. I had some great Star Trek memes to send you.
Is there a way in which we might put Hubble & JWST images together into one composite image? Or would it be too hard to add the false colours for it to make sense to our eyes?
Fantastic explanation of the resolution equation in the context of the telescopes in question.
Hypothetical question: Would you, from the data recorded by hubble, be able to identify other artificial objects in space. Like, let's say an alien species at a similar point in technological advancement decided that now would be a pretty good time to launch a space telescope (maybe similar to JWST or Hubble), could these see and identify each other? And how close would they need to be for that. And how about bigger objects like spaceships or entire space stations. Or an alien version of the voyager probes.
Something like the Voyager probes would be pretty much impossible to detect, they are way too small. Something far beyond JWST's capabilities would be necessary. A telescope is of a similar size. It's hard enough to detect planets, and they are much bigger than a probe. And we cannot even see planet 9 after all this time, and that's somewhere nearby, in our system and it should be bigger than Earth. Just think of the "pale blue dot" image.
The issue with that is the sheer vastness of space. The closest star to us is Proxima centauri, which is about 4,25 LY from us. So, even if some aliens from there watched us with something good enough to resolve JWST, they wouldn't see it for another 4 and 1/4 of years, because only then the first light reflected from the satelite would arrive there. So unless you're a close stellar neighbour, you won't really be able to see anything for decades / centuries. And if someone from further away ( let's say 100 LY away, which is, BTW, in space terms actually reeeeealy close, since the entire Milky way is at least 100 000 LY across) saw earth, they wouldn't see what we see. They would see a pre-spaceflight species (hell, probably pre-flight species).
That's actually one of the solutions of Fermi's paradox - there are a lot of aliens around, but everyone is so far away from us, the light that left their planet while they are around didn't have enough time to reach us yet. Hell, the first civilisations on earth emerged probably no more than 10 000 years ago, so most of our own galaxy wouldn't see us for anything more than a smart animal even if they'd be able to see us at all.
The other thing is the size of the artifical objects. We at our current technological level are at best able to observe planets (if we're talking about anything outside the sol system) and even that is possible only because the planets sometimes pass between us and their star. So no, someone with on our technological level wouldn't be able to find JWST, unless they were in our solar system, and since they would lack the means of interstellar travel, that would assume they evolved in our solar system alongside us.
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I'm 99,99% sure someone on our technolgical level wouldn't be able to find any artifical object in our solar system, unless they were observing from within the solar system.
From NASA's JWST FAQ : "[Webb] will be able to see directly the reflected light of [Jupiter sized] planets." "It will also be possible to see very young planets in formation, while they are still hot." "Webb will not have the resolution to see any details on the planets." (Of course, this refers to planets outside our solar system.)
So, JWST cannot see things as small and/or as cold as, say, the Earth. Things built by alien civilizations are right out -- even if they build something as big as the Death Star -- even if they build an artificial Earth! Only if an alien civilization were much, MUCH more advanced than us and built something the size of Jupiter (more than 10x the diameter of Earth and more than 1,000x the volume of Earth), or something as hot as a molten planet still undergoing formation, could JWST detect it. BUT, even if it could detect it, it could not see enough detail to distinguish it from an actual, natural planet.
@@D3emonic The true measure should be that of radio transmissions which we have only been broadcasting for 80 or so years. Thus no alien life form will be able to detect us until the 'bubble' has expanded into their sphere of influence and vice versa for us to detect them should they be capable of radio transmission/reception.
Dr. Becky tells you everything you need to know in this video to answer this question yourself. The Hubble doesn't have enough resolution to even be able to see Apollo spacecraft that landed on the moon 250,000 miles away as more than a single pixel. So, no, it isn't going to see another Hubble light years away. Spacecraft are TINY.
Your new JWST merchandise is awesome. I ordered the JWST reflection t-shirt. I would have bought the JWST first science image t-shirt, but I think the lower right image should have been moved outward to make the images form a smiley face.
One giant leap for meme-kind.
At 15:51 it looks like there's a Hoag's object/galaxy in the background as well. Nice
I like these spontaneous looking up information. don't have to be very produced look and feels like you're just talking to us :).
a neat trick to keep cool is to put a bucket of ice water in front of the fan. it'll keep you cool until you need to refreeze the ice again.
Brilliant video again Becky! Can’t wait for the new images. Just a quick mention, there’s a small issue with the audio :)
Are we about to reach a point in time when there are not enough people on this planet to study the data from billions of galaxies observed by JWST and future space telescopes?
no worries, AI is training hard every day, data is what AI lives for so we can live for memes 😝
So glad you haven't burst into flames, yet. Really love and appreciate what you do. Keep it up. And do whatever you can to stay cool.
5:00 High-resolution horse head very exciting, but worth noting that if University of Arizona is behind the proposal it is surely related only to cheerleading
1:17 Glad to know I'm not the only astrophysicist who appreciates a great SpongeBob meme! Also appreciate the classic SpongeBob narration transitions throughout the video lol
We are also dealing with a heatwave over here in the states. I’m in Northeastern region the U.S. and it’s been like a high of 95°F (35°C) this week.
Dr. Becky.. you make this stuff fun.. thanks for that..
yay another meme review! Hoping for another one, soon
Hi Becky, I really like this episode -> using a meme as a "bridge" for the explanation. 👍👍
Award winning bloopers segment Dr. Becky!
4:40 the one I personally am anticipating, bearing in mind looking at the same things again versus looking at entirely new things is kinda a big deal…but the one I’m looking forward to is the nebula/dust cloud dubbed “the pillars of creation”
I'm impressed there's enough astronomy memes to make a video let alone jwst specific ones
dr becky please do an overlay review of the cloud at 1.42 . there are new stars in the JWST image and since the hubble photo the cloud has actually moved in areas as well . i like your approach to and knowledge of space and how easily you explain to the novice .
As we go back further and further in time, the memes just get better and better! Thank you universe.....
Why is it, when someone means "farther and farther" they write "further and further?"
Oh wow. I didn't realise that you filmed this on one the hottest days of the year and had to turn off your fan to do it. That's dedication. Thank goodness it's cooler now.
Always enjoy your videos, your enthusiasm is infectious. ❤️ ya
I love that I found you recently (I don't remember how) after recently getting more into physics and that you also watch Kara and Nate 🤣
Edit: spelling
The noise floor on your audio track was a bit high. Keep up the great work Dr Becky 🤩
Wonderful to appreciate the humor! Keep it up!
You've been peak space nerd as long as I've been watching your videos. :) this is a good thing.
Hey, can you PLEASE make video about the anti Dimensions Theory
that was a nice video, really excited for all new discoveries awaiting us!
You are good moods Dr.Backy you're made me smiling
Some amazing pics and discoveries due in the next years but what about the reported damage it sustained recently?
I'm 5 minutes in now. Loving the memes so far, but living the questions and straight solving the questions even more ^^
Another great video as always. Though there was a lot of white noise throughout the whole video for some reason.
I tested my setup to make sure it wasn't me. Tried speakers, headphones, reloaded the video, played different video, etc. Only hearing it on this one.
That was probably her fan. She turned it off briefly at one point.
Don't worry. When you get older, you'll stop noticing these things...!
Read the popup at 0:13 : problems with her mic (low battery).
The only part that bugs me about the Spider-Man meme is that it's backwards. That's the part of the movie where he realizes he has super spider vision I guess, and that his glasses now make his vision blurry! I get why they used it for the meme just because of the imagery, but I can't help but think of how it looks from his end after having gone through spider puberty.
Hey Becky.. Thanks for an another interesting video. Love from India. ❤️
Dr Becky absolutely rockin’ Pebbles Flintstone hairstyle👏
Telescope related. I’d be curious to have you talk about the observatory on La Palma since the volcano stopped erupting. When did it get back to routine operations?
Cool explanation of the resolutions of each and their overlap.
I rarely watch the bloopers but this time I did. Don't worry pretty lady, we're not here to watch or judge your hair 😉. Thanks for doing what you do and doing it so well. 😊
Bought your book! Have you ever listened to the Nightwish songs about space?
I was just talking craziness about how cows eat grass, and the reflection of light through to another dimension, in like rectangular lights and crazy ghost stories like skin walker ranch with the spirits, without the most solid eyewitness testimony like when the logger touched the space ship with all his friends watching, and getting stuff back in pharoah's tomb, like some food at a distance, or whatever original things we can get back there without all the sacrifices and all that or however it was that they died with a bird swooping down or whatever. Pretty interesting video though, very cool. And the entanglement of dual realities in a photosynthetic plane, and how our reality can be affected in a very powerful way from that reality, and how we can affect that reality from this reality.
I'm definitely planning on getting cremated myself though anyway. And in a more perfect world maybe converting that into thermal energy, and how about the most efficient energy country with all the hot springs, and yellowstone park? And not to mention a looping hydro-electric syphon system in the future making?
06:14 Glad to see the stars have their own Therappist star. Just like Hollywood :)
All memes were hilarious! 😂
Btw, Dr. Becky could you please make another part of "A day in life of an astrophysicst". A humble request. :)
The horse head nebula one is hilarious. They could add the crab nebula too? lol
I'm watching this in the middle of an Australian winter and thinking "35 degrees?.....You lucky beggar"! 🤣But seriously i love watching your video's for the sheer enthusiasm you portray, may it never fade 😁👍
Always great to have a fun video from you! One topic that might be worth a dive as I had no idea about it until I saw an article pop up in my feed. The concerns of micro-meteor strikes and how one of the mirrors already took a decent hit! BUT they were able to offset the mirror to null-out most of the impact's effects? Like.... how is that possible? If all the mirrors have to be focused at the same location to get clarity and resolution, how can you adjust the focus of one mirror to account for meteor impact damage? Then there's also the concern of if meteor strikes are going to be more common than originally simulated, thus potentially reducing the life-space of JWST?
You know, that is all good questions, it would be good to hear from someone who actually knows. But bear with me to share a frustration, especially on a site like this dealing with astronomy. The use of correct terms. A meteor is a flash of light as a meteoroid gets burned up entering the atmosphere. If part of it survives to the ground we call that a meteorite. So the gist of all this is a meteor cannot hit a Webb mirror. It was a meteoroid. Now your first reactions might be "why is this guy so nit-picking?" Well as I started out this is not some social club discussion, it is an astronomy and astrophysics channel so we owe it to each other to use correct terminology.
I remember the photos of the Horsehead Nebula when I was a kid. It's my favorite, just because, and that first meme was great. Thanks.
Happened to be scrolling and saw this 7 minutes after uploading; then as I was watching UA-cam sent me a notification saying it had been uploaded. It's like... WAAAAY ahead of you guys hahahaha.
Was here for the memes, but I learned a lot, too!
Hello There! always with the best videos!
love your passion for the universe. thanks for sharing with us
Listening do you babble, Becky… I kept repeating the same sound. Mhum. Truth. Total respect, and I love your tubers!
Came for memes, learned you can do frigging spectroscopy on faraway planets. That was so cool.
The memes are fantastic lol. The hagrid one gets me
Dr. Becky, you are definitely one of the "5%ters" in Academic Science, combining comprehension and articulation at your fingertips!! Enthusiasm, resourcefulness, and "That unique" communication skill leaves this 85-year-old research scientist in awe! That is what I want to be when I grow up. lol
Could you make a UA-cam Short explaining the gravitational lensing with the wineglass example so it can be linked to when someone asks about it?
You've got big fans of your channel here in France 😘😄
And here in Scotland! Any other world wide fans?
Your resolution was perfect again. Seen on 7/22/22 at 6:40 PM.
It always feels good, seeing real experts beeing not only very educated, but also fun with a very nice smile.🥰