Hey everyone,
Lately, I’ve seen some wild claims floating around, suggesting that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has secretly detected an “alien ship” several light-years away. While it’s exciting to imagine what JWST could find, it’s important to keep things grounded in reality and understand the technical limitations of this incredible piece of science.
Here’s the truth: the JWST is not designed to detect small objects like spaceships or asteroids from light-years away.
Here’s why:
1. Resolution and Size Limitations:
The JWST’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has a resolution of about 0.1 arcseconds, meaning it can resolve objects that are large and relatively bright—think distant galaxies or massive exoplanets. When it comes to small objects like asteroids or even hypothetical alien ships, these objects would be way too tiny and faint to detect at such vast distances. Even within our solar system, JWST can only resolve asteroids down to about 100 meters across, and that’s at a distance of a few hundred million kilometers (within our solar system).
2. Distance Matters:
An object several light-years away (for reference, one light-year is about 9.46 trillion kilometers) is orders of magnitude farther than anything JWST could capture in detail at such small scales. The telescope is built to look at large-scale phenomena—stars, galaxies, and planetary atmospheres—not individual objects like ships or asteroids at interstellar distances.
3. Brightness and Infrared Detection:
JWST primarily observes in the infrared spectrum, detecting heat emitted by distant objects. A small object like a spaceship would have to be not only massive but also incredibly bright in the infrared to stand out from the cosmic background. For comparison, JWST can detect the heat of distant exoplanets, but even these are much larger than any asteroid or spaceship would be.
In short, JWST is an amazing tool, but its design and capabilities do not allow for the detection of small objects light-years away. Claims about it spotting an “alien ship” are pure science fiction, not science fact. Let’s keep the conversation grounded in real science and continue to be amazed by what JWST can do, like discovering ancient galaxies and revealing the atmospheres of exoplanets.
If you’re curious about JWST’s real capabilities, I encourage you to check out NASA’s official resources. There’s plenty of fascinating, real science happening with this telescope that’s worth celebrating!
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/nircam/
Let’s stick to the facts, folks.
by theallsearchingeye
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Facts? FACTS!? There’s no place for your here at r/ufos
Finally, we needed this
simple: it was quoted as a “massive object” which JWST indeed could capture
that simple
the rest of the shit narrative was either misinterpreted or purposefully fed through the filter to make this look like not a thing
next
But a guy on a podcast said so!
Didn’t someone say it was a rather large object? I’ve heard “city sized” somewhere this would make it easier relatively for the JWST to spot.
UAP entertainers will always either exploit ambiguity or create doubt in what is known.
In this case you’re provided correct facts about JWST. But a UAP entertainer can just say that you are wrong because NASA lies or that the true capabilities of space instruments is not really known.