Learn Something New Every Day: Plum Island and the James Webb Telescope

Learn Something New Every Day Dept.

Here are two items that crossed my path this week. The first is about a tiny island three miles long and a mile wide at its widest point. Like Bigfoot mysteries, it's generated its own share of buzz. The second story is as big as our universe... It appears that the James Webb Telescope has put a nail in the coffin of the Big Bang Theory. To me, that is a "Wow" level news story. Here are links.

1. How much do you know about Plum Island? 
This tiny little island off the coast of Long Island has a long and storied history. It's also a focal point for conspiracy theorists, in large part because of secrecy surrounding some of its activities. 
https://www.longisland.com/news/03-13-20/crazy-facts-about-plum-island.html

2. Big Bang Theory: R.I.P.
Science is in the business of questioning everything. Honest skepticism is healthy, so it is not surprising that there have been critics of the Big Bang Theory. Now, however, a stream of images has been flowing in from the James Webb Space Telescope with evidence that is most unsettling to scientists who believed the Big Bang Theory was settled. Interesting stories are now emerging as regards the implications of what these new images are tell us. 

Here's one that asks "Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show that the Big Bang Didn't Happen?"
Here's another titled, The Big Bang Theory Debunked

But the one you will want to most explore is the Webb Telescope website itself, with images like you've never seen and explanations of what we're seeing projected.

A star in formation!

Photos courtesy NASA and STScl