Orbit beyond the blue i have been fascinated
with stars ever since i can remember I think that is true for most of humanity
think about it we're kids reciting nursery Rhymes about stars who grow up to be young
adults obsessed with star trek or star wars I don't believe there's a single human out there
who doesn't feel happy comforted or even remotely Something positive looking at a starry night
full of stars anyway speaking of stars nasa's Star pupil the james webb telescope has achieved
wonders since its launch from pictures of the most Distant galaxies to imaging the atmospheres
of exoplanets as well as capturing stunning Images of planets in our own solar system
but now alongside all the pretty images Webb is also making steady discoveries that baffle
puzzle and shock the entire scientific community Theories that have formed the crux of our
understanding of the cosmos have been questioned And this is just the beginning after all this
is what we had set out to do with james webb Revolutionize space research and exploration
and web has been a force to reckon ever since It was launched in december 2021 webb has
imaged a lot of stars its first ever test Image taken post alignment was of
one boring star also known as hd 84 And i am not calling it boring that's
just what the astronomers called it But like any star student web has come a long
long way since that image was taken in march From imaging the oldest star ever in the universe
to capturing an einstein ring to possibly a dyson Sphere webb has delivered on its promise some
might even say that it surpassed all expectations It's me i'm saying that so let's start with
arendelle the oldest star in the universe The james webb space telescope
has caught a glimpse of the most Distant star known in the universe which had
been announced by scientists using webb's Predecessor the hubble space telescope only
a few months ago the star is named arendelle Fans of lord of the rings might recognize
the name a tolkien character of a half elf Who rose to the skies to become a star and
we named an actual star after the character Poignant the star was discovered thanks to
gravitational lensing in a hubble space telescope Deep field image the star is very faint because
its light took 12.9 billion years to reach us It might be rather challenging to find it
in the new james webb space telescope image But keep the hubble image on the other side and
you can make out its faint outline how beautiful Isn't it moving on to a mysterious image one that
set the internet loose with a torrent of comments And speculation the james webb telescope captured
an image of a star with mysterious concentric Rings around it astronomers are still seeking
for natural phenomena that could explain such an Image the star is located some 5 600 light years
away from earth in the constellation cygnus And the image shows it surrounded by regular
ripple-like circles that gradually fade away The circles however are not perfectly round
but have a somewhat square-like feel to them
Are they of alien origin the first thing that came
to my mind when i saw this bizarre structure was Dyson sphere don't mock me i've always
said i'm obsessed with aliens and i Really do believe that the james webb
is our best shot at finding alien life The six-pointed blue structure is an artifact
due to optical diffraction from the bright star But red curvy yet boxy stuff is legit we're
seeing a series of shells around wr 140. Actually in space around a star that's bonkers
wr 140 is what astronomers call a wolf rayet star One which has spat much of their hydrogen into
space these objects are also surrounded by dust He added which a companion star is sculpting
into the strange shells astronomers will know More soon thanks to a scientific paper currently
under review about this mysterious phenomenon I'm stoked what about you guys but hold on
to your horses because we aren't done yet That's right webb has also snapped something
beautiful it has captured an almost perfect Einstein ring whose light has traveled
roughly 12 billion light years to reach us And we can't stop staring an einstein
ring occurs when a distant galaxy has Been magnified and wrapped into an almost
perfect ring by a massive galaxy in front of it Scientists tell us that we wouldn't be
able to see this galaxy at all if it Wasn't for the einstein ring yes the presence of
einstein rings in addition to looking beautiful Allows us to study these otherwise
almost impossible to see galaxies And last but not least webb took a stunning image
of the 30 daradus also known as the tarantula Nebula the tarantula nebula is making stars
unlike any at a rate unlike any ever seen before This region is home to the hottest most
brightest stars in the universe in the Image released by nasa you can peer into a great
cavity in the nebula where you'll spot the vivid Massive stars they appear pale blue blistering
radiation emanating from these hot stars blew The dust and gas away allowing telescopes
like webb to more easily peer inside this web Image is an unprecedented view of the tarantula
nebula a giant region of swirling gas and dust This nebula at some 161 000 light years away is
actually relatively close cosmically speaking And unlike any star forming regions in our milky
way galaxy this nebula is making stars at an Especially furious rate similar to nebulas when
the universe was in its early stages viewing the Tarantula nebula then allows astronomers a close
view of a dynamic star creating process from ian's Ago but the biggest shocker of all times the star
discovery yet you can say was dropped by the james Webb telescope a few weeks ago and it drove panic
through the hearts of astronomers cosmologists And common folk like you and me with every new
discovery james webb has been finding loopholes In our understanding of the universe but this
discovery of james webbs took the cake one that Is making cosmologists and astronomers question
everything they've ever known about our universe James webb's recent discoveries of some of the
earliest galaxies might just disprove the big bang
Check out our video on the same linked in
the description below you and i are alive At a time when we're getting to witness
history being made right before our eyes We can aim for the stars now literally
thanks to the james webb space telescope He is looking forward to many
more stunning discoveries Orbit beyond the blue
