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NASA's Curious Universe

Exploring the Early Universe with Webb

NASA's Curious Universe

Katie Konans

Science

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The James Webb Space Telescope promised to show us “baby pictures” of the universe. Now in its second year of science, Webb is fulfilling that promise—and more. NASA scientists Jane Rigby, Taylor Hutchison, and Gerónimo Villanueva explain how they use Webb to peer back to the earliest stages of the universe and examine stunning plumes of water in our own solar system. NASA's Curious Universe is an official NASA podcast. Discover more adventures with NASA astronauts, engineers, scientists, and other experts at nasa.gov/curiousuniverse

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to NASA's Curious Universe.

0:04.0

If you're new to the show and excited to learn more about the universe around us,

0:08.0

welcome. You're in the right place.

0:10.0

We're hard at work making new episodes, but we just wanted to stop for a minute and say, thank you.

0:15.0

We're very happy to have you here.

0:17.0

And we have some good news for you.

0:18.0

We have over 50 episodes exploring all sorts of fun topics,

0:21.6

from human spaceflight to astrophysics and more.

0:25.0

Whether you're a total space nerd or a first-time space explorer,

0:28.4

I'm telling you, there is a Curious Universe episode for you.

0:31.4

So find your favorite episode at nasset.gov slash curious universe

0:35.7

or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:37.6

So glad you found us.

0:39.1

Thanks.

0:39.9

And enjoy the show.

0:44.7

My favorite image.

0:53.5

Hmm. I've got a couple.

0:56.6

So it looks like this sort of ghostly white pearl essence that fills much of the image.

1:05.0

And then there are hundreds of these white to yellow galaxies.

1:09.3

And what you're seeing is a city. In a galaxy cluster, there are

1:13.3

hundreds or thousands of galaxies crammed into that same space. It's the most urban part of the

1:18.8

universe, a very busy place. Jane Rigby is the senior project scientist for the James Webb

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