Is JWST Living Up to the Hype?

The James Webb Space Telescope is the most ambitious space observatory ever launched, and nobody hyped it more than us. So is it putting in work? Oh, boy, yes. Yes it is.

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Sources:

General
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/james-webb-space-telescope-jwst/webb-celebrates-first-year-of-science-with-close-up-on-birth-of-sun-like-stars
https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/james-webb-space-telescope
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/07/11/nasas-webb-telescope-is-now-fully-ready-for-science/

Breaking Physics/Old Galaxies
https://www.wired.com/story/no-the-james-webb-space-telescope-hasnt-broken-cosmology/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-023-00004-z

Old SMBH
Webb Detects Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole to Date - NASA
​​‘Hidden Little Monsters:' Researchers Find the Most Distant, Active Black Holes Yet - UConn Today
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/11/06/oldest-black-hole-jwst-chandra/
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02111-9

Exoplanets
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-reveals-an-exoplanet-atmosphere-as-never-seen-before/
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-rules-out-thick-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-for-rocky-exoplanet/
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/webb-discovers-methane-carbon-dioxide-in-atmosphere-of-k2-18-b/


Images

https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-captures-stellar-gymnastics-in-the-cartwheel-galaxy/
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/diatom-freshwater-diatom-stock-footage/1446746720?adppopup=true
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/139/01H9RF0CCN4MZYDG56Q7K33WQV
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/4847/k2-18-b/
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/webb-discovers-methane-carbon-dioxide-in-atmosphere-of-k2-18-b/
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/125/01H2TMFV1C5YH0DW66SN6XY33W?linkId=146648695
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rocky_Exoplanet_TRAPPIST-1_c_(Artist_Concept).jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20339
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/034/01G7DA5ADA2WDSK1JJPQ0PTG4A?news=true
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/researchers-detail-how-a-distant-black-hole-devoured-a-star/
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-detects-most-distant-active-supermassive-black-hole-to-date/#:~:text=This%20black%20hole%20clocks%20in,because%20they%20are%20much%20brighter
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-reveals-intricate-networks-of-gas-and-dust-in-nearby-galaxies/
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-detects-most-distant-active-supermassive-black-hole-to-date/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11534/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10663/
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/122/01H1CTQD6CPXR6C8PYNQ6S24YV?Tag=First%20Galaxies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-GLASS-z13-Closeup-JWST-20220722.jpg
https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/best-jwst-pictures
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/webb-spotlights-gravitational-arcs-in-el-gordo-galaxy-cluster/
https://universe.nasa.gov/resources/144/webb-reveals-the-carina-nebula/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUe4oMk69E&list=TLGG8tIphgpDAHkxNjEyMjAyMQ&index=3&t=4s&ab_channel=JamesWebbSpaceTelescope%28JWST%29
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13498
https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html
https://webbtelescope.org/news/first-images/gallery/zoomable-image-southern-ring-nebula
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13358