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First Results From NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

The 21-foot-diameter James Webb Space Telescope launched in December 2021 after 14 years of delays. The telescope has reached its final destination, one million miles from Earth. This past July, NASA released its first full-color images. Check out these stunning images in detail and learn about future studies with this amazing infrared sensitive telescope! Missed it? View the recording.

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Alex Filippenko
Distinguished Professor of Astronomy

One of the world's most highly cited astrophysicists, Alex Filippenko was the only person to be on both teams that simultaneously discovered the Nobel-worthy accelerating expansion of the universe. Voted UC Berkeley's "Best Professor" a record nine times, he appears frequently on TV documentaries and is addicted to observing total solar eclipses (20 so far).