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Looking Skyward: A new look at origin of our universe

Webb’s first deep field image, showing the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.
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Webb’s first deep field image, showing the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.

In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the first images from NASA's James Webb space telescope. The images provide the best look yet at the origins of our universe 13.8 billion years ago.

https://www.mariamitchell.org/loines-observatory
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html

John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.