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“Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive. It becomes a habit after you realize how peaceful and calm it is. It’s like you don’t want to deal with people anymore because they drain your energy.”
— Jim Carrey
close to Andromeda
NASA’s Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.
A joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb observatory is NASA’s revolutionary flagship mission to seek the light from the first galaxies in the early universe and to explore our own solar system, as well as planets orbiting other stars, called exoplanets.
“The James Webb Space Telescope represents the ambition that NASA and our partners maintain to propel us forward into the future,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “The promise of Webb is not what we know we will discover; it’s what we don’t yet understand or can’t yet fathom about our universe. I can’t wait to see what it uncovers!”
Ground teams began receiving telemetry data from Webb about five minutes after launch. The Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket performed as expected, separating from the observatory 27 minutes into the flight. The observatory was released at an altitude of approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers). Approximately 30 minutes after launch, Webb unfolded its solar array, and mission managers confirmed that the solar array was providing power to the observatory. After solar array deployment, mission operators will establish a communications link with the observatory via the Malindi ground station in Kenya, and ground control at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore will send the first commands to the spacecraft.
Engineers and ground controllers will conduct the first of three mid-course correction burns about 12 hours and 30 minutes after launch, firing Webb’s thrusters to maneuver the spacecraft on an optimal trajectory toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth.
“I want to congratulate the team on this incredible achievement – Webb’s launch marks a significant moment not only for NASA, but for thousands of people worldwide who dedicated their time and talent to this mission over the years,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Webb’s scientific promise is now closer than it ever has been. We are poised on the edge of a truly exciting time of discovery, of things we’ve never before seen or imagined.”
The world’s largest and most complex space science observatory will now begin six months of commissioning in space. At the end of commissioning, Webb will deliver its first images. Webb carries four state-of-the-art science instruments with highly sensitive infrared detectors of unprecedented resolution. Webb will study infrared light from celestial objects with much greater clarity than ever before. The premier mission is the scientific successor to NASA’s iconic Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, built to complement and further the scientific discoveries of these and other missions.
“The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment – this is just the beginning for the Webb mission,” said Gregory L. Robinson, Webb’s program director at NASA Headquarters. “Now we will watch Webb’s highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination.”
The telescope’s revolutionary technology will explore every phase of cosmic history – from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe, to everything in between. Webb will reveal new and unexpected discoveries and help humanity understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.
NASA Headquarters oversees the mission for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages Webb for the agency and oversees work on the mission performed by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Northrop Grumman, and other mission partners. In addition to Goddard, several NASA centers contributed to the project, including the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, and others.
You didn't just steal my heart, you stole and broke it.
why are you so mean to me?
secrets I tell the stars.
goodbye November and thank you for all your kindness
please do not repost
Safia Elhillo, from Home Is Not a Country; “Boys”
I see these ghosts and I feel so identified with not fitting in anywhere. By Katherine Blower Illustrator Designer.
I hate you so much for making me believe you liked me. I'd spend a desire for genius wishing I'd never met you.
secrets I tell the stars.
So beautiful was our love, that when people saw us walking past, we were love and art in person. By Anastasia Trusova on Instagram.
Instagram: dark.academia.fashion Flickr: William Stern
A Colorful Quadrantid Meteor : Meteors can be colorful. While the human eye usually cannot discern many colors, cameras often can. Pictured is a Quadrantids meteor captured by camera over Missouri, USA, early this month that was not only impressively bright, but colorful. The radiant grit, likely cast off by asteroid 2003 EH1, blazed a path across Earth’s atmosphere. Colors in meteors usually originate from ionized elements released as the meteor disintegrates, with blue-green typically originating from magnesium, calcium radiating violet, and nickel glowing green. Red, however, typically originates from energized nitrogen and oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere. This bright meteoric fireball was gone in a flash – less than a second – but it left a wind-blown ionization trail that remained visible for several minutes. via NASA
Write a confession.
"It's been two years since I've been in love with my best friend. I never said that to him, because the ideia of not having him in my life after revealing this secret is very painful." -Anonymous.
Hey! You can write your confession. I'm here to listen to you <3
O Brasil (na gestão do inominável) nessa COP26 é uma vergonha para todos os Brasileiros. Enquanto nossos cientistas tentam fazer ciência com o pouco que tem para cumprir as ODS, 500 balsas de garimpo estavam atracadas há 1 hora no Rio Madeira prontas para praticar esse tipo de garimpo insustentável.
compartilha o silêncio como se compartilha a palavra
desfrutar a companhia, só isso já basta.
-withlovegeo
já não lembro mais como é poder respirar sem que eu sinta todo o cansaço da existência em meu peito.
Luiza Libanio.
A lazy Friday after Thanksgiving snuggle. Source: Diggitydave76 on catpictures.
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Anne Carson, from Glass, Irony and God; “The Glass Essay”
This film is a great tribute to fans of the seventh art.
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
I just love It arts like this!!
