32: JWST First Images... FINALLY!

The Supermassive Podcast

Izzie Clarke

Astronomy, History, Science, Physics

4.6 • 556 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Izzie and Dr Becky freak out over the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. From seeing the deep (not so deep) field with Steve Wilkins from the University of Sussex, to exploring exoplanet atmospheres with Dr Hannah Wakeford from the University of Bristol. Plus, Dr Robert Massey takes the team through the September night sky.

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0:00.0	And this room full of galaxy experts was like, whoa, what are we looking at?
0:07.0	We saw those bumps and wiggles, that absorption from water in the atmosphere.
0:11.0	This is just the beginning.
0:12.7	And what is this next generation of astronomy going to involve?
0:20.2	Hello and welcome to the Supermassive podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society with me,
0:26.5	science journalist Izzy Clark and astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smithurst.
0:30.9	It has finally happened.
0:34.3	We have seen the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope. You know, we had
0:40.9	that amazing cluster image showing those distinct galaxies. We had the fabulous cosmic cliffs image
0:47.7	that I think is like everyone's desktop wallpaper by now. You know, it was like 3D, didn't it?
0:51.9	We had Stefan's quintet of those four galaxies
0:55.1	interacting and then that beautiful interloper of the foreground. We had the ring nebula as well,
1:00.7	revealing that hidden star in the middle. We had a spectrum, is he? A spectrum. You're all getting
1:06.9	excited about images and I was astrophysicist Spectra, and it was another exoplanet,
1:12.8	revealing that there was, you know, water in its atmosphere. And we've been treated to one
1:16.5	extra as well since then, right, of the Cartwheel Galaxy too. So I mean, I guess we're being spoiled
1:20.8	a little bit. Yeah, I mean, we knew it's going to be big, but we were not prepared.
1:25.8	No, no one was. They are amazing.
1:28.3	And do you know what?
1:28.8	What's even more amazing is because last time we were live at stand and calling,
1:33.1	we've waited more than an entire month to talk about it.
1:38.3	So, you know, when July the 12th hit, I just couldn't work.
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