From cosmic descents into the Carina Nebula to the Pillars of Creation and a fiery protostar, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) released a gallery of cosmic images in 2022, but your favorites may reveal who you are.
The telescope’s official Twitter account shared a file tweets Friday with a similar personality quiz asking users to choose their favorite photos from three groups of four.
Then NASA presents the attributes associated with the options.
Depending on the images you choose, you could be a time traveler, stargazer, homemaker, or trendsetter.
Time travelers may look ancient, says NASA, while astronomers are in constant growth and change, household items sticking to routine and fashion advances.
The first set of NASA Challenge images include (A) Webb’s first deep field; (b) Cosmic slopes in the Carina Nebula. (c) Jupiter; and (d) Webb data showing the presence of water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-96b
It’s been more than a year since NASA’s $10 billion telescope was launched into space, and it’s been streaming incredible images of the universe in unprecedented detail ever since.
Webb was launched from the Guyana Space Center on Christmas Day 2021 to take a look back in time to the dawn of the universe, so we could capture what happened hundreds of millions of years after the Big Bang.
The first set of NASA Challenge images include (A) Webb’s first deep field; (b) Cosmic slopes in the Carina Nebula. (c) Jupiter; and (d) Webb data showing the presence of water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-96b.
The second set of images shows (A) Stephan’s Quintet; (B) Pillars of creation in near-infrared light. (c) the rings and moons of Neptune; and (d) the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet.
The final group includes (a) the wagon wheel galaxy. (b) the cloud L1527 and a hidden protostar; (c) Titan, the moon of Saturn; and (D) Webb’s first direct image of an exoplanet, HIP 65426b.
All of these are never-before-seen glimpses of the wonders of the universe.
This is thanks to the Near Infrared Webcam (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which sees light in the mid-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
These techniques capture features never seen before and allow the telescope to look back in time hundreds of thousands of years after the Big Bang.
And while the world is in awe of the images, NASA believes they say a lot about a person’s personality.
For those who mostly picked A in the three groups, the US space agency considers you a time traveler.
The words used to describe it thrive on chaos and are nostalgic and vintage-style hipster.
Just as looking at galaxies allows us to see billions of years into the past, your technique goes back in time. It might look ancient. And thrive in chaos, like galactic mergers.
If most of your favorite Webb pictures are B-rated pictures, then you’re a dream stargazer, the star of the show, and still reflecting.
Your head may be in the clouds. Just as nebulae often host stars in the early stages of development, you are always growing and changing. Believe in yourself: you bring light to the universe. Keep shining,” NASA shared in the Twitter thread.
And for C, consider yourself a homebody.
The second set of images shows (A) Stephan’s Quintet; (B) Pillars of creation in near-infrared light. (c) the rings and moons of Neptune; and (d) the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet.
The final group includes (a) the wagon wheel galaxy. (b) the cloud L1527 and a hidden protostar; (c) Titan, the moon of Saturn; and (D) Webb’s first direct image of an exoplanet, HIP 65426 b
Just as looking at galaxies allows us to see billions of years into the past, your technique goes back in time. It might look ancient. And they thrive in chaos, like galaxy mergers, NASA shared in a tweet
Words used to describe this group are introverts, thick-shelled, and someone who enjoys comfort and routine.
As an introvert, you prefer your own orbit. Rest and routine look good on you. Like Titan, it may have a thick atmosphere. But if someone is in your orbit, they’ll see your hidden charm, according to the tweet.
The last group, D, is for trendsetters who are ahead of the curve, mysterious, and would rather text than call someone.
Always being ahead of the curve (crossed) and planning your next move, it can seem a long way off at first. Just like how we indirectly discover exoplanets, you might prefer text to a call. You make us exciting,” NASA shared.
Your head may be in the clouds. Just as nebulae often host stars in the early stages of development, you are always growing and changing. Believe in yourself: you bring light to the universe. Keep shining,” NASA shared in the Twitter thread
A fun quiz is a great way to wrap up the year that marks the beginning of Webb’s epic quest.
Scientists have predicted that the telescope, which now orbits the sun a million miles from Earth, should last 20 years.
Instruments are more efficient and optics are sharper and more stable. “We have more fuel and we use less,” said Massimo Steavelli, head of the Webb mission office at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
The orbiting infrared observatory is designed to be about 100 times more powerful than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA likes to think of James Webb as Hubble’s successor rather than a replacement, as the two will be working together for a while.
As an introvert, you prefer your own orbit. Rest and routine look good on you. Like Titan, it may have a thick atmosphere. But if someone is in your orbit, they’ll see your hidden charm, according to the tweet
Always ahead of the curve (crossed) and planning your next move, it can seem a long way off at first. Just like how we indirectly discover exoplanets, you might prefer text to a call. You make us exciting,” NASA shared
The JWST project, which began in 1996, is an international collaboration led by NASA in collaboration with European and Canadian space agencies.
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