Dr. Becky | Euclid vs JWST vs Hubble diffraction spike star shapes #astronomy #science #shorts @DrBecky | Uploaded 9 months ago | Updated 1 day ago
Check out the @europeanspaceagency website to take a look at the images yourself! https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_first_images_the_dazzling_edge_of_darkness
The first science images from the Euclid Space Telescope were released last month and they are INCREDIBLE! Of course, lots of you had questions about why the shape of the diffraction spikes around the bright stars were different from either the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope, and it’s all to do with the structure of each telescope and how the light moves around it.
👩🏽💻 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 mknow 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.
#euclid #ESA #astrophysics #shorts #astronomy #astrophysics #science #stars
Check out the @europeanspaceagency website to take a look at the images yourself! https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_first_images_the_dazzling_edge_of_darkness
The first science images from the Euclid Space Telescope were released last month and they are INCREDIBLE! Of course, lots of you had questions about why the shape of the diffraction spikes around the bright stars were different from either the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope, and it’s all to do with the structure of each telescope and how the light moves around it.
👩🏽💻 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 mknow 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.
#euclid #ESA #astrophysics #shorts #astronomy #astrophysics #science #stars
