What have we learned from the James Webb space telescope so far?
Science Weekly
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🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. After decades of delays and billions of dollars over budget, the James Webb's space |
| 0:19.2 | telescope finally launched in 2021. |
| 0:22.6 | Decouge lifto from a tropical rainforest to the edge of time itself. |
| 0:27.6 | James Webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. |
| 0:31.6 | And since becoming operational late last year, |
| 0:35.0 | it's been dazzling us with stunning images. |
| 0:39.0 | Finally, tonight, NASA is celebrating the first full year of the James Webb Space Telescope with a breathtaking new image |
| 0:46.1 | of stars at the moment of their birth. |
| 0:48.6 | But the James Webb Space Telescope hasn't just been taking or inspiring photographs. |
| 0:54.0 | It's been making discoveries that are baffling scientists. |
| 0:58.0 | One of the scientists I spoke to said it's bananas. |
| 1:01.0 | It was completely sort of different from what they'd expected. |
| 1:04.8 | So what have we learned from James Webb this year and how is it transforming our |
| 1:10.9 | understanding of the universe. |
| 1:13.0 | From the Guardian, I'm Madeline Finley, |
| 1:16.0 | and this is Science Weekly. |
| 1:18.0 | Hannah Devlin, |
| 1:23.0 | in Science Correspondent for The Guardian. |
| 1:26.0 | The James Webb Space Telescope has been in space for almost two years now, |
| 1:31.0 | and I really can't believe how quickly that's gone. So perhaps you can |
| 1:36.2 | help us familiarize ourselves with JWST again. What do we need to know about |
| 1:42.1 | this telescope? |
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