NASA engineer breaks down new Webb telescope images

NASA engineer Mike Menzel breaks down the new Pillars of Creation images from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the earliest moments in the lives of stars, with CNN's Jake Tapper. #CNN #News

[little_tinker]

I will never grow old of seeing people being amazed by the beauty of space

[itsthedawnofanewlife]

I love this kinda news! We need more of it.

[ethzero]

"Every dot is a galaxy?!"
Said with adorable child-like wonder ❤️
Yeah, this is what it's truly like to have those "geek" moments, "oh... right... wow, now I understand!"

[jefferee]

It's very difficult to wrap one's brain around the vastness of the universe. One cannot help but be at awe.

[corydavis]

Host seems genuinely amazed. I wish more people understood the scale in these images (distance and size).

[davidb]

Dr. Menzel, your clear and illuminating explanations of the images taken by Webb are very appreciated. I worked in space sciences on the hardware side, it's wonderful to get the results of our (engineers and techs) work presented to a wide audience in such a helpful way.

[dapivimu]

The way his jaw dropped gave me chills. Thinking of how vast the universe is and how much we just don’t know just blows my mind.

[moonlightpixie]

This makes me think of my mom out in the yard with her telescope in the middle of the night freezing 🥶 .. she has a nice telescope it has a huge tripod that takes multiple people to move.

[ricardoduane]

The universe is so massive and amazing the human brain can't comprehend it.

[yojimbo]

3:13 "Gravity is space that's bent." Wow, that's actually the most concise definition of gravity I've ever heard.

[conversationswithcory]

Very clear explanation and I'm at awe. That last question sent me over the moon... No pun intended😊 I hope if there are other life forms out there that they are looking for us too

[Distantviewers]

You could tell the news anchor was fascinated. It'll never get old

[teresesinghal]

This is amazing. Stars are BORN! It's like the Pillars of Creation are big wombs. Maybe that's anthropomorphizing too much, but it's very moving to think that life itself, we, come from the stars.

[StreetTramper]

A very nice informative interview, keep up the good work👍

[OuterRimPride]

it wouldn’t be very impressive if it was the work of an infinitely powerful being. What’s impressive is that nature has done all this and we’ve somehow managed to capture it.

[davidarbuckle]

How fortunate are we to see the wonders of James Webb and the nurseries of Space.

[ll]

"Does it make you think there's a Force you can't comprehend?" Well, yes and no Jake, we do understand Strong Force (fusion aka creation of new elements) and Weak Force (fission aka radiation, plasma, heat, light) we understand the forces Electromagnetism (gluons give elements mass) and Gravity (brings mass together) but the Force we're still tring to figure out is Dark Matter and how it's force Dark Energy interact with them. So no, Jake, people who understand physics don't use the "God of the gaps" fallacy aka "We don't understand it, therefore god did it", they study it without presuppositions or bias. Anyone who looks at those pics and thinks "god did it" has never read a Cosmology or Astrophysics text in their life and think "Thoughts & Prayers" are the answer to every problem.

[turbos]

There is nothing supernatural about natural processes and how natural stars are formed in a natural universe.

[jamesdukes]

The crazy part is the pillars of creation doesn't even look like that anymore.

[valevisa]

Like my grandma born in 1902 used to say : My son, the universe is so big, i can walk a thousand years and not see its end.