James Webb Space Telescope w/ Amber Straughn

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Cara is joined by NASA Astrophysicist Dr. Amber Straughn, the Deputy Project Scientist for James Webb Space Telescope Science Communications. They dive into Amber's interests in deep sky objects like galaxies, as well as what the Hubble Space Telescope has taught us about the vast size of the universe. They focus on Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, detailing just how it will aim to answer the biggest questions in astronomy, going beyond what Hubble can currently see.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is Monday August 29th and I'm
0:16.8	your host Kara Santa Maria. This week I want to give a big shout out to those of
0:22.2	you who have made TalkNurdy possible, especially by visiting the website
0:26.8	Karasanta Maria.com where you'll find the Talk Nurdy stream, as well as places where you can support the show like my Patreon page.
0:35.9	You can also go to that directly by visiting Patreon.com slash talk nerdy.
0:41.5	This week's top supporters are Phil T Bear, Pedro M Rosario Barbosa, Stuart
0:47.2	Aug, Atomic Rod Adams, The Honorable Husband, Charles Payet, Jaith, Gabriel Felipe
0:55.2	had a mio Gonzalez, Brian Holden, and Jeffrey Sewall.
1:00.4	Now remember, Talk Nurdy will always be 100% free to download so if you want to help
1:05.1	support the show you can do so by visiting Patreon.com slash TalkNurdy.
1:10.8	You can also rate and review in iTunes and other platforms and you can
1:14.9	visit the talk nerdy store at cara Santo mria.com where I just got a new
1:18.9	shipment in of beautiful ham thrown mugs by Potter,
1:24.0	H.P. Blumer the 4th, and I also have some wonderful
1:27.8	leather goods like key chains and bookmarks that are all handmade,
1:31.6	hand-stamped and stained by Foster Leathercraft.
1:36.0	All right guys, without any further ado, I am really pleased to announce my guest this week.
1:43.0	She's an astrophysicist at NASA's
1:45.8	Goddard Space Flight Center over there in Maryland, near DC.
1:50.4	And she specifically focuses on Galaxy. and she studies
1:55.0	studies how the stars and the black holes of distant galaxies
2:00.0	form and how they change over time.
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