Posted on Jul 18, 2022
This app compares Hubble and Webb images — the differences are astronomical
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NASA released a new photograph of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 last week which depicts a cluster of galaxies in space invisible to the human eye.
The image was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion satellite that took decades of research and innovation to develop.
As most of the world collectively gasped, Reddit user pizzafourlife's reaction to the images was: That's it?
NASA released a new photograph of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 last week which depicts a cluster of galaxies in space invisible to the human eye.
The image was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion satellite that took decades of research and innovation to develop.
As most of the world collectively gasped, Reddit user pizzafourlife's reaction to the images was: That's it?
This app compares Hubble and Webb images — the differences are astronomical
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...""I think my favorite responses were people saying they showed this interactive to their kids and got their kids very excited about it," Christenson said. "That's how I ended up going into science, was kind of being inspired by Hubble images."
Even science educator and author Hank Green retweeted Christenson's app.
THIS IS SO DOPE https://t.co/RIBR0NRpV6
— Hank Green (@hankgreen) July 12, 2022
For Christenson, the comparisons between Hubble and Webb images are baffling.
"[Hubble] has always been super amazing to me," he said. "It's been this, you know, pinnacle of human potential."
"Hubble is extraordinary. And Webb far surpasses that," Christenson added."
...""I think my favorite responses were people saying they showed this interactive to their kids and got their kids very excited about it," Christenson said. "That's how I ended up going into science, was kind of being inspired by Hubble images."
Even science educator and author Hank Green retweeted Christenson's app.
THIS IS SO DOPE https://t.co/RIBR0NRpV6
— Hank Green (@hankgreen) July 12, 2022
For Christenson, the comparisons between Hubble and Webb images are baffling.
"[Hubble] has always been super amazing to me," he said. "It's been this, you know, pinnacle of human potential."
"Hubble is extraordinary. And Webb far surpasses that," Christenson added."
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