An astrophysicist explains JWST's Cartwheel Galaxy image

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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. The new James Webb Space Telescope images of the Cartwheel Galaxy are STUNNING. But is that the colour we'd really see? What science can we learn from these images? And what are those objects that have moved since the Hubble Space Telescope took a look in 1995? All raw JWST data that has been made public is accessed via MAST: https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/approved-ers-programs For PNGs and/or TIFFs of these images head to: https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images Keep up-to-date with all things JWST on the NASA blog: https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/ Is the colour in space images "real"? video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dmiS_6YrGU My previous video on the Cartwheel Galaxy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIf78aX00kY 00:00 - Introduction 00:41 - Raw images vs coloured images 03:33 - What can we learn from this image? 07:08 - What are the objects that move from HST to JWST images? 09:15 - What's in the background? 11:06 - Brilliant 12:30 - 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

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