With a few months behind it, have we actually learned anything from James Webb's breakthroughs? Here's what you need to know.
in July, we’ve seen plenty of other images coming out of the telescope. Despite all of those beautiful images, some people can’t help but ask if we’ve actually experienced any James Webb breakthroughs yet. The short answer? No, not quite yet.
But, it isn’t bad that James Webb’s breakthroughs haven’t told us much yet. That’s because, as the ESA and NASA shared in a breakdown of, Webb’s work actually takes some time. Not only do scientists have to observe the targets of their operations, but then they have to look through James Webb’s data to figure out what it all means.
From there, all of that data has to be peer-reviewed, too. That means that other scientists look at any breakthroughs James Webb has discovered and verify that they are sharing true — or at least what we believe to be true — information based on current models. There are some concerns over the current models we’re using, and we couldJames Webb’s observations of Mars confirmed discoveries spacecraft have previously observed.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that Webb’s breakthroughs haven’t taught us anything. As I’ve noted before, those first images of the early universe confirmed that we were wrong about the early universe. Many theorized that the early universe was more chaotic and less organized. However, Webb’s observations of older galaxies seem to prove that wasn’t the case at all., confirming that this critical component does exist outside of our Solar System.
Webb’s scientific mission isn’t a short one, and these images are just a start. Gathering data and creating images from said data is much easier than interpreting that data to understand the universe. And, even when James Webb’s breakthroughs start happening, it’s still going to take us years to understand what we’re looking at fully.
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