One of Webb's Jupiter Images

James Webb Space Telescope

Let Him Look At The Stars

James Webb Space Telescope

Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy? 

-- Job 38:4-7

Awe enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple; to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal. 

-- Abraham Heschel

But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nice News: M51

This is a photo of the galaxy M51, which lies about 27 million light-years away from Earth. Per NASA, the gravity of its neighboring galaxy is thought to be part of what causes those mesmerizing swirls and ripples, but we’re frankly too busy staring at them to focus on the science. And if you think this image is something, wait until you see the full photo captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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