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Nasa Releases Images from the James Webb Space Telescope w/ Richard Easther: July 14, 2022

Nasa Releases Images from the James Webb Space Telescope w/ Richard Easther: July 14, 2022

Nasa Releases Images from the James Webb Space Telescope w/ Richard Easther: July 14, 2022 Nasa Releases Images from the James Webb Space Telescope w/ Richard Easther: July 14, 2022, 8.3 MB
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Earlier this week, Nasa unveiled a series of images taken from the James Webb Space Telescope. Launched on Christmas Day last year, the telescope is the largest optical telescope in space, and its greatly improved infrared resolution and sensitivity allows it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope.

To get the reaction of astronomers and scientists to these images, Emilia spoke to Professor Richard Easther from the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland