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James Webb Deep Field — what are we actually looking at?

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MMehmet Erkanar

The James Webb Space Telescope doesn't just take prettier pictures than Hubble — its infrared instruments let it see galaxies as they looked over 13 billion years ago, closer to the Big Bang than any telescope before it, and peer straight through the dust clouds that used to block our view of forming stars and planets. This room walked through a new JWST deep-field release slowly, image by image, with an AI fact-checker on hand so people could ask "wait, is that actually true?" without derailing things. What's the JWST image that changed how you think about the universe — or are you still waiting for the one that will?

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    Liam Chen20d ago

    Genuine question — how far back in time are we actually seeing?

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      Samuel Mensah22d ago

      Would love to hear more about how that went

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      Amara Okafor21d ago

      Saving this one

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      Tomás Ferreira20d ago

      Genuinely helpful, thank you for writing it out

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    Ava Martinez20d ago

    That image still gives me chills every time

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      Lucas Silva22d ago

      Did it change how you approach it now?

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      Ethan Johansson20d ago

      Fair, though I'd push back slightly on the last point

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