James Webb Space Telescope (2 Viewers)

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Are there still people that believe we are the only intelligent life in the universe?

I look at that picture and feel like the last time I ate shrooms... which is very much insignificant and awed. I too forgot all about my psoriasis.

I amount to nothing more than a spark, inhabiting a collection of neurons controlling a meat puppet in a universe so vast that am less of its sum than a single atom is to the sum of the planet I occupy.

I completely lack the capacity to fully appreciate the enormity of it. The extent of my knowledge it knowing how outside of my scope of understanding it is.

The light that produced that image is ~3x times older than the existance of the planet we call home. The time spanning my lifetime is a blip in human civilization. Human civilization or even existance is not even a blip when placed on Earth's timeline. When placed in the context of the timeline represented in that image... insinifigant does not begin to describe it.

If you look far back enough you will see yourself.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Are there still people that believe we are the only intelligent life in the universe?

In all seriousness, isnt it (very) possible that there is intelligent life somewhere in that vastness.. like, wouldnt the odds almost say that there IS life out there? And maybe they just haven’t gotten their telescope game together as quickly as we have in order to reach out to us first? And if so- do you think they’ll let us immigrate there if we decide we’d like to ??

 

[GrandAdmiral]

In all seriousness, isnt it (very) possible that there is intelligent life somewhere in that vastness.. like, wouldnt the odds almost say that there IS life out there? And maybe they just haven’t gotten their telescope game together as quickly as we have in order to reach out to us first? And if so- do you think they’ll let us immigrate there if we decide we’d like to ??

Refer back to the aliens visiting Earth thread for my response...

 

[superchuck500]

 

[bonnjer]

And NASA is just showing us the pretty pictures. You know they've got the raw files that are super high resolution with all sorts of data. Beautiful!

 

[superchuck500]

 

[DaveXA]

It's like night and day, sun and moon. Incredible. Can't wait to see what else it can do.

 

[Crzycjunx76]

It's like night and day, sun and moon. Incredible. Can't wait to see what else it can do.

I cant wait to hear discoveries and insights that come from this.

I look at this and see the magnificence and enormity of the universe. I am awed and inspired.

A scientist seeing the same thing can gain a deeper knowledge of the cosmos and the workings of the universe... and so many different diciplines can garner something different from the data.

We just gotta take care of the shirt we messed up on the ground here so they have a chance to make something of it, and I have a lot of hope and excitement for my kids generation.

 

[Tony1Saintfan]

I feel so insignificant…. All of a sudden, my issues with psoriasis dont seem to matter all that much, in the grand scheme …

Good luck with the psoriasis. That feeling of being insignificant really popped when I transferred that image on to my 58 inch tv. I can’t wait to see what we will be able to see in the next few years. With all the UFO information we’ve been getting since the end of last year I really think we are very close to actually having a true verified encounter with whoever is out there. I hope they are intelligent and friendly. Maybe then we could get some good ref’s in the NFL. Also I hope they have some good weed.

 

[Semper]

 

[bonnjer]

And that's just one "tiny" section of the sky.

 

[Merl]

For those that dont have the internet (I joke)

• Webb’s image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground – and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast universe

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

 

[Sailorsaint]

"That's no moon....."