WVFRM Podcast | How the James Webb Space Telescope Unfolds the Universe @Waveform | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This week we have another long-form episode! David got a little obsessed with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) a few months ago and spent hours and hours researching and talking to experts so that he can try to explain it here on the podcast for Marques and Andrew. This one is a little dense but if you're even remotely interested in the mysteries of our universe this one is for you. David explains why the JWST is such a big deal and what we hope to discover once it begins sending back pictures.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:04 History lesson
09:00 Why Hubble is different
13:15 Red Shift explanation
19:06 How telescopes help science
29:37 Ad break
29:40 How scientists find exoplanets
43:46 Ad break 2
43:48 James Webb Space Telescope engineering feats
01:11:45 Outro

Special thanks to:
Paul Geithner: jwst.nasa.gov/content/meetTheTeam/people/geithner.html
Dr. Jonathan McDowell: twitter.com/planet4589
Dr. Peter Gao: twitter.com/PlanetaryGao
Tim Dodd: twitter.com/Erdayastronaut

Sources:
How James Webb Orbits Nothing: youtube.com/watch?v=ybn8-_QV8Tg%20
Webb vs Hubble (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubble.html
Fine Guidance Sensor (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/instruments/fgs.html
JWST FAQ (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html?linkId=142822511#pointing
Where is Webb? (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html
Webb Orbit (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
Webb Sunshield (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
Webb Mirrors (NASA): jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html

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