France in Focus

Oooooh just check these out - beautiful images.

https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages

I remember as a boy my excitement at Sputnik and now the science behind the Webb is incredible. Such progress in just over half a century.

SMACS 0723 That snap of the sky "covers the size of a grain of sand at arms length".
The Universe is BIG.
Gives one a new perspective on life.

As a schoolboy also using calculus as we looked at John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth.
His middle name was Herschel! Not bad for an astronaut.

More info on the size of the universe can be found in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

it must be flat like the Earth

Interesting video from the BBC presented by Brian Cox, six minutes or so long. There is so much more to discover, what is "outside" the Universe? https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/how- ... e/p0b2dl5c

Milliways

Polarengineer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:07 am SMACS 0723 That snap of the sky "covers the size of a grain of sand at arms length".
The Universe is BIG.
Gives one a new perspective on life.

It certainly does.