James Webb Space Telescope launch is rescheduled again

[CessnaDriver]

What is cool down? Where can I read more about this

Webb team keeps a blog here, they discuss if you scroll down a bit...

James Webb Space Telescope

blogs.nasa.gov

Bit on how temperatures work in space....

What makes space so cold?

Space is not always cold. It depends if you are facing the sun or not. And even if you are in shadow, space is not cold in the sense that it will c...

www.wtamu.edu

"Quick heat transfer requires contact or air, both lacking in space. As a result objects cool very slowly through the much slower mechanism of thermal radiation."

 

[Halliwax]

Webb team keeps a blog here, they discuss if you scroll down a bit...

James Webb Space Telescope

blogs.nasa.gov

Bit on how temperatures work in space....

What makes space so cold?

Space is not always cold. It depends if you are facing the sun or not. And even if you are in shadow, space is not cold in the sense that it will c...

www.wtamu.edu

"Quick heat transfer requires contact or air, both lacking in space. As a result objects cool very slowly through the much slower mechanism of thermal radiation."

That makes total sense…

 

[Gimpdiggity]

Things are getting good!!!

 

[CessnaDriver]

Here's the big version, be sure to zoom in on those background galaxies.....

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www.nasa.gov

 

[The Terminator]

Here's the big version, be sure to zoom in on those background galaxies.....

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www.nasa.gov

Wow, they are everywhere.
This telescope is gonna be gooood.

 

[JediMichael]

Being NASA stuff, going to post here instead of make a whole new thread.
But I saw that Eugene Parker, who figured out that the sun emits solar wind and got to watch in 2018 the rocket takeoff with the probe in his name that flew close to the sun. He just died yesterday (March 17th) at 94. Oddly, my Grandma died now 7 years ago on March 17...and my Grandpa's birthday is now today and he is 94.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Remarkable Hubble discovery, just to keep Webb on it's toes when it starts out.

Hubble Space Telescope spots most distant single star ever seen

Meet Earendel, a star whose light took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth.

www.space.com

 

[Gimpdiggity]

Remarkable Hubble discovery, just to keep Webb on it's toes when it starts out.

Hubble Space Telescope spots most distant single star ever seen

Meet Earendel, a star whose light took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth.

www.space.com

This is like the grizzled veteran leading his team to a championship over the flashy superstar youngster...one last win before being relegated to the second tier.