The Future and the Distant Past: The James Webb Space Telescope | Garth Illingworth | TEDxPerthSalon

Telescopes that see distant objects reveal not only what is very far away, but also what is very old. The Hubble Space Telescope has seen 97% to the beginning of the Universe.

[Akuma]

Every time they push back the launch date for JWST, I get a little sad.

[jaapongeveer]

I can't wait fr James Webb. Know I have to but the anticipation is huge.

[nandakishore]

A shout out to him & people like him, who put in so much effort. Respect

[aylbdrmadison]

It's interesting how just a few decades ago most of us thought that by now we'd be going to other solar systems, yet most of us had no idea we'd be able to see so far away by now.

[LORDGULSHAN]

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[spottybeats]

This is exciting information to hear as I am very interested in learning more about the "dark ages" of the universe and hopefully how it transitioned from that stage to our current universe. Technology is what gives us humans power. Without it, there is no way to exercise our intelligence.

[andromedian]

I want this thang to be rollin into the space asap. I been waitin for a long time since i heard bout this great invention

[tydfil]

This is all really cool. where can I find the pillars of creation pics?

[tomkosten]

It begins with all eight people in attendance applauding.

[kaesonteo]

Imagine if the James Web Telescope blow up on launch.... it would be so devastating.

[ComparativeReasoning]

Just think: In each galaxy, there are beings looking at our galaxy.
They might see us as an old galaxy. :)

[MrGlenspace]

Launch in March of 2021. Pushed back to make sure no problems. Unlike Hubble this telescope can nit be serviced at its location.

[illusionnl]

The universe as a whole is 13.7 billion yrs old hé said.... Well thats how far we can Perhaps its bigger then we can see?

[shadowraven]

If we could see galaxies that date just a few thousand years after the big bang, wouldnt that mean we know exactly how big the universe is? We cant see any further because there were no galaxies yet, id be suprized if we found galaxies after that that originated from before the big bang

[pankajbajaj]

What we see on our mobiles are meta verse images of various mission probes launched by nasa.

[pankajbajaj]

How ai limited to cloud calculates algorithms in space transit from the future into the past.

[hnyii]

Ah, isn't Astronomy just lovely. Or at least nebulae.

[samikent]

How to make a 15-minute Ted Talk about the James Webb Space Telescope?
Oh, I know. Let's use 11 minutes of that talking about other telescopes.

[pankajbajaj]

James webb to send dslr videos of Parker sun probe reaching the sun's core images

[andys]

At 2:18 how can that be an image of the Milky Way?