The James Webb Time Machine

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

To look into deep space is to look back in time. With the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists hope to see “cosmic dawn,” a period long ago when the first starlight transformed the universe. But what happened before cosmic dawn? The Webb can’t tell us, though future telescopes could. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to sign up for our newsletter, view show transcripts, and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this week's episode of Unexplainable comes from UC San Diego.
0:05.0	UC San Diego is working with artificial intelligence to try to get
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1:05.3	It's unexplainable. I'm no, I'm Hassan Feld.
1:07.3	And this is our second episode all about how our view of the universe is going to change
1:12.3	with the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
1:16.3	We're going right up to the edge of the observable universe.
1:19.3	If you missed our first episode, you should go listen to that one first.
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