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[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Incredible! These are like the old Hubble shots of galaxies by how blurry they are - but these are freaking planets!!!!

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The next thing after Webb is gonna be ridiculous.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Those will like be the Nancy Grace Roman and LUVOIR space telescopes.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that 2039 date projection for LUVOIR is awful. Especially considering that it will almost certainly be pushed back a few years.

I'd love to see something that big happen though.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, if JWST was worth the wait, I'm sure LUVOIR would be as well.

But yeah, I'm impatient too :)

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so fucking pumped about the Roman telescope

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've taken photos of Jupiter that are blurrier than this 😫

[–] Minarble@aussie.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You are looking at actual images of planets from another solar system… I just think that’s neat!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

That's a trip. I keep having that moment with the JWST where I think okay, now I get the hype and then it surprises me again.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I saw the image embedded in one of the comments here before hut somehow didn't realize the gravity of it until this thread

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I, too, think that is neat!

Who knows, maybe on one of them there are people, and maybe they put the dumbest one of them in charge, and now everyone is having a terrible time.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's really awesome! I'm impressed that JWST's coronagraph was able to block out the star's light so completely.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

It’s incredible!!