In this episode, Juli talks to NASA scientist Matt Greenhouse about the James Webb Space Telescope. Matt explains what the JWST was built for, the tremendous technical developments that went into the telescope’s design and the challenges that had to be overcome in the process. They discuss the main scientific goals of the JWST and the most important results it has given us so far.

Images taken by the Webb: https://webbtelescope.org/images

The Webb’s science: https://webbtelescope.org/science

Animation of the Telescope Unfolding in Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzGLKQ7_KZQ

The Webb on Social Media:

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Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NASAWebbTelescope

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