An Astrophysicist reacts to JWST space memes

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Visit http://brilliant.org/DrBecky/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. See all the early release science project descriptions and proposals here, the data from which is now public: https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/approved-ers-programs All raw JWST data that has been made public is accessed via MAST: https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html For PNGs and/or TIFFs of the first science images released head to: https://webbtelescope.org/news/first-images/gallery Keep up-to-date with all things JWST on the NASA blog: https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/ 00:00 - Introduction 00:45 - JWST vs Hubble comparisons 05:18 - Will JWST find aliens? 08:53 - JWST ultra deep fields 12:27 - The persistence of dark matter 14:18 - 20+ years of science discoveries 17:08 - Brilliant 18:25 - Bloopers --- 👕 My new merch is available here (with worldwide shipping!): https://dr-becky.teemill.com/ --- 📚 My new book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://hyperurl.co/DrBecky 📚 Note, USA & Canada hardback out 1st November 2022 --- 🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive --- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! --- 👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars. http://drbecky.uk.com https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk