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How the James Webb Space Telescope is peering deeper into the cosmos than ever before

How the James Webb Space Telescope is peering deeper into the cosmos than ever before

Update: 2024-10-24
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Since its launch on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered some of the most stunning images of space we’ve ever seen, peering deeper into the cosmos than ever before. But as awe-inspiring as these images are, data about the history of the Universe being collected by the telescope are perhaps even more mind-blowing.


In this episode, we catch up with Sky at Night Presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock to talk about her new book Webb’s Universe: The Space Telescope Images that Reveal our Cosmic History.


She tells us how the telescope is shedding new light on what we know about the birth of stars and galaxies, how it’s teaching us more about the structure and atmospheres of distant exoplanets and what she’s most excited about it discovering in the future.

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How the James Webb Space Telescope is peering deeper into the cosmos than ever before

How the James Webb Space Telescope is peering deeper into the cosmos than ever before

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