The James Webb Space Telescope's remarkable gifts

On Christmas Day 2021 the James Webb Space Telescope was blasted into orbit. In the two years since the telescope has performed like a champ, capturing phenomenal images of the heavens and collecting data about distant planets. Correspondent David Pogue reports on the spectacular findings we continue to receive from this remarkable eye on the universe.
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  • @bjdefilippo447
    @bjdefilippo4474 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful universe we live in. Thanks to all the engineers and scientists who made this possible, and the people who supported its funding.

  • @jonathanyoung9369
    @jonathanyoung93694 ай бұрын

    It's amazing to think that some of these engineers, scientists have spent their whole career on the JW telescope. The pride they must feel, knowing that this has been the sole purpose in their professional life (and in some ways personal) is palpable.

  • @gregwilliams3120
    @gregwilliams31204 ай бұрын

    The Webb telescope is a nothing short of a miraculous achievement of humankind. And yet peace on earth eludes us.

  • @jokerace8227

    @jokerace8227

    4 ай бұрын

    If we took these mostly defense contractor corps that do some space exploration hardware such as JWST as a side hobby, and flipped their priorities there around, we might actually achieve peace on Earth. (ツ) ☕☕(ツ)

  • @robbedontuesday

    @robbedontuesday

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jokerace8227 why would you say that? Because we are between Christmas and New Year?

  • @rollinthunder1000

    @rollinthunder1000

    2 ай бұрын

    Here's hoping looking out there will help us find more peace down here.

  • @Kennardy
    @Kennardy4 ай бұрын

    I could sit through a 2 hour documentary about this!

  • @hummersd
    @hummersd4 ай бұрын

    Great segment, David Pogue and team! And for the telescope to last double the estimated life is incredible! The telescope team really did rise to the challenge, and exceeded expectations. The images really do put into perspective how small we are in the universe. All of the learnings gained will help us understand more, but far from the vastness of the universe. Wow.

  • @Randall-qq3pv

    @Randall-qq3pv

    4 ай бұрын

    0:25

  • @dsimon123
    @dsimon1234 ай бұрын

    Northrop Grumman has brilliant people. Happy Holidays

  • @StopListenThink

    @StopListenThink

    4 ай бұрын

    The actual telescope “ instrument” however was developed by Kodak/ITT Rochester… looking at it up close it was fabulous…. is the collaboration of many partnerships

  • @sirdiealot53
    @sirdiealot534 ай бұрын

    I was so nervous when the rocket was launching. Glad everything went swimmingly

  • @leondarnell1
    @leondarnell14 ай бұрын

    Just imagine how much more impressive the next telescope will be and what it will discover!!!!

  • @StopListenThink
    @StopListenThink4 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous

  • @glnnchrstphr9717
    @glnnchrstphr97174 ай бұрын

    Awesome!!

  • @gorillashop337
    @gorillashop3374 ай бұрын

    I wish you would do it story on the “Treaty of Nicea” 😮

  • @johnishikawa2200
    @johnishikawa22004 ай бұрын

    We live in a time when technology like the JWST can let us see these images . It's like we are small children , peering over the top of our backyard fence for the first time , gaping in awe at the wider world outside . My personal favorites are images of galaxies , which our astronomers since Edwin Hubble in 1923 have figured out that these are actually " Island Universes " , with perhaps hundreds of billions of stars of their own . And now we know that the number of worlds - planets - that come with all of those stars is comparably huge . My own takeaway from these absolutely spectacular images is that it is preposterous to imagine that our little world consisting of our sun , the earth , and all of the planets and asteroids and dust that is our solar system , ALL of it amounting to less than even a mote of dust considering all that is out there , could be the ONLY world where life , and even technological life , arose .

  • @adamhuffman3354

    @adamhuffman3354

    4 ай бұрын

    Very perceptive. And I think that is what it will take, for us to change the way we see things in order for us to be successful in our evolution.

  • @lyricallysupreme

    @lyricallysupreme

    4 ай бұрын

    Life I agree with, life is probably abundant everywhere, b it technological life? Idk, earth might be the true anomaly there.

  • @johnishikawa2200

    @johnishikawa2200

    4 ай бұрын

    @lyricallysupreme : Hmmm ... considering that WE exist , and that our world is but one from among perhaps as many as 1 million × 1 TRILLION other worlds , leaves me with the feeling that SOMEWHERE out there there are other technological civilizations going through their own dramas , and wondering if THEY could be alone . We may never learn of them , even if they exist , but that doesn't diminish the fun that I get from thinking about it !

  • @mopthermopther
    @mopthermopther4 ай бұрын

    If attacked by aliens, the telescope turns into a giant death ray.

  • @mosshark
    @mosshark4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, JWST Team.

  • @socal5564
    @socal55644 ай бұрын

    I thought those pictures looked too good to be real. I'm glad they admitted it.

  • @tonyfan3
    @tonyfan34 ай бұрын

    Fascinating!!

  • @DavidGalich77
    @DavidGalich774 ай бұрын

    Looking through time. Yeah that is a huge jump in astronomy.

  • @jerryglazman260
    @jerryglazman2604 ай бұрын

    Sorry David but those are gold plated mirrors not gold plated lenses.

  • @janetf23
    @janetf234 ай бұрын

    👍for🎄✨ from David Pogue and JWST, thanks🎀

  • @jonathangarcia9617
    @jonathangarcia96174 ай бұрын

    Nice video of the day.❤🎉. 0:16 .❤🎉. 0:19 .

  • @jimparsons6803
    @jimparsons68034 ай бұрын

    Speaking of sights of life via light passing through distant atmospheres; there's been detections of a molecule of rotting life: DMSO, for dimethylsulfoxide, should be a boggled in there somewhere. As related in a recent TY clip. No mention of a recent mentioning of the word 'Filioque', though.

  • @sallysprinkle5127
    @sallysprinkle51274 ай бұрын

    Sooooo cool!

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn4 ай бұрын

    Such beautiful sights. Almost as good as CGI in Star Trek. I don't think we have to turn everything into Christmas, though.

  • @ferrero_rocher_

    @ferrero_rocher_

    3 ай бұрын

    We must. Because smart God created all this

  • @Bobalicious
    @Bobalicious4 ай бұрын

    NASA. Masters of real-world origami.

  • @robinhume8813
    @robinhume88134 ай бұрын

    Are images available that haven't been colorized?

  • @jedi1967
    @jedi19674 ай бұрын

    Great shot of Jupiter...no other SLR camera in the world can capture that...

  • @davidlong1786
    @davidlong17864 ай бұрын

    I think the majority of the public has no idea that the colorized photos like those shown here, are not what you would see with the naked eye if you had the ability to see what the Webb telescope sees. Yes, like explained in the video, they have to do so to make the image more "realistic" by applying those RGB filters, which also is the same colors used by TV and computer monitors to reproduce color images. It is the closest interpretation of what the human eye might be able to see. I know some people that see these glorious color images then go out and buy a fancy telescope are let down when all they can see are smudgy grey of whiteish images though the eyepiece, so keep that in mind if you get a telescope as a gift this Christmas.

  • @daveschlom4033

    @daveschlom4033

    4 ай бұрын

    Solid advice. A simple guide to the stars and a pair of 7×50 binoculars are a much better choice than a telescope for most folks. Most of the telescopes bought for Christmas are junk that will gather more dust than starlight!

  • @edyann
    @edyann4 ай бұрын

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota93973 ай бұрын

    Really I like this video so so much

  • @lourdessilva6442
    @lourdessilva64424 ай бұрын

    Sem palavras grata por poder assistir

  • @JayThomas-yv3zr
    @JayThomas-yv3zr4 ай бұрын

    AMEN FOR ALL🙏🙏🙏

  • @patrickgilbride8536
    @patrickgilbride85362 ай бұрын

    I thought a meteorite was a meteor that has landed on earth.

  • @shannonbowman5990
    @shannonbowman599019 күн бұрын

    😊❤

  • @marcellomunir3932
    @marcellomunir39324 ай бұрын

    If all people on Earth would put their energy towards the unlimited discoveries out there...

  • @asicdathens
    @asicdathens4 ай бұрын

    The telescope saved all its propellant because the launch was perfect. Ariane 5 threaded the needle to deliver the spacecraft to the correct point

  • @bakedbeans3181
    @bakedbeans31814 ай бұрын

    James Webb - 33 🔺️🤦‍♂️

  • @FloridaMan69.
    @FloridaMan69.4 ай бұрын

    I'm drinking nacho cheese

  • @davidlong1786

    @davidlong1786

    4 ай бұрын

    you mad man

  • @joeclark7298
    @joeclark72984 ай бұрын

    Who else got really sad when they heard that the only star it will never see is our Sun? 😭

  • @JPumpkinKing
    @JPumpkinKing4 ай бұрын

    Couldn’t care less about how far into the “past” it can see. I want to know what the planets it can see are like and if they are capable of sustaining life. THAT is what MOST of the public wants to know; are we alone in the universe. Who cares about how far away the dang thing can see. Whoopdeedoo. Show us some life sustaining planets. That’s the REAL discovery!

  • @claudebregaint
    @claudebregaint4 ай бұрын

    🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆😇👽

  • @qake2021
    @qake20214 ай бұрын

    👍🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦➕️✌️👏👏👏

  • @GodsOath_com
    @GodsOath_com4 ай бұрын

    God wants us to see his creation, that's why it didn't fail

  • @robbedontuesday
    @robbedontuesday4 ай бұрын

    WHY DO PEOPLE AT NASA HAVE TO BE SO CHEESY...?????

  • @TheOne1One1One1One
    @TheOne1One1One1One4 ай бұрын

    I think people want to see the real images with no filters. Not these images enhanced by computers

  • @ghenefer

    @ghenefer

    4 ай бұрын

    We would not be able to see the images if the scientists did not change the format. The human eye (or brain) has limited capability.

  • @michaelhake2291
    @michaelhake22913 ай бұрын

    No, no wise men "looked to the heavens", don't start with fairy tales when you're about to talk about actual science!!

  • @JS-yj7ow
    @JS-yj7ow4 ай бұрын

    Almost turned this off as soon as they mentioned Pogue…. This wasn’t his typical over-the-top annoying delivery, but you could tell he tried a couple times.

  • @thefpvlife7785
    @thefpvlife77854 ай бұрын

    Curious ... Does the MAGA crowd think this is fake as well?

  • @manywayz2be

    @manywayz2be

    4 ай бұрын

    Imagine letting politics get into your head. When almost none of it matters they will do what they do. What we do is what matters. Why do we care for politics when we can just build and put the peoples money together and make our own space program and work on leaving this planet and it's dipshit politics behind. We need to quit relying on the government.

  • @thefpvlife7785

    @thefpvlife7785

    4 ай бұрын

    @@manywayz2be Excellent point. TY

  • @herm43506
    @herm435064 ай бұрын

    A great story by David, but really? “Once upon a time?” Treating the birth of Christ as though it were a fairy tale? From this program, anymore? I’m not surprised, but I’m still disappointed…

  • @davidlong1786

    @davidlong1786

    4 ай бұрын

    "once upon a time" means just that....... it doesn't imply it's fiction.

  • @glnnchrstphr9717

    @glnnchrstphr9717

    4 ай бұрын

    Really? Get over it.

  • @user-hu3ze4yw4q

    @user-hu3ze4yw4q

    4 ай бұрын

    That’s because it is a fairy tale. Made up by frightened small humans.

  • @hkamensky2

    @hkamensky2

    4 ай бұрын

    Relax

  • @lisarose7084

    @lisarose7084

    4 ай бұрын

    Your god is so all-powerful that he gets sad and cries if maybe someone implied that the bible is fiction, and his followers don't immediately spring to his defense in the YT comment section.