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it's tuesday july 12th 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. The JWST images are here, but what are we actually looking at? Plus, could gene editing put an end to cholesterol-related disease? And Cat Power is planning to perform a cover of an entire

Bob Dylan concert at the original venue where he performed it. Here's some cool stuff for your

ride home. After many months of anticipation and an extra hour delay in the presidential live stream last night,

we have now seen the five first images released by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Now, if you haven't seen them yet, hit any of the top links in the show notes to see them,

they are pretty remarkable.

Although images like this from deep space

are kind of like ultrasound images. You know, some people will get it right away and be brought

to tears, stunned and awed by the miracle of life and the universe. Others won't quite know what

they're looking at and get caught up in needing to understand

before they can be as impressed as everyone else. So for anyone who falls into that second category,

because let's be real, I think most of us do at least a little, let's talk for a minute about

what we are actually seeing in these images. Now first, how exactly does this telescope work?

Like, what makes these images so special?

Phil Plate over at Sci-Fi Wire's Bad Astronomy explains, quote,

JWST is an infrared telescope, meaning it's designed to see light with wavelengths

longer than our eyes can perceive.

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