NASA Reacts to the James Webb Space Telescope Images
Clip: Season 49 Episode 10 | 1m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
This NASA team was the first to see the new James Webb Space Telescope images.
This team of space scientists, visual developers and science writers have been working together since early June processing the images of celestial objects, and the spectra of the atmosphere of an exoplanet, for release to the public, so the world can see what Webb can do. They are the only team members who’ve had the privilege of seeing the images.
Additional funding for this program is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the NOVA Science Trust with support from Anna and Neil Rasmussen and...
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NASA Reacts to the James Webb Space Telescope Images
Clip: Season 49 Episode 10 | 1m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
This team of space scientists, visual developers and science writers have been working together since early June processing the images of celestial objects, and the spectra of the atmosphere of an exoplanet, for release to the public, so the world can see what Webb can do. They are the only team members who’ve had the privilege of seeing the images.
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