JWST Makes Sense of the Early Universe

JWST Makes Sense of the Early Universe

January 28, 2026 · 30 min · Season 4 · Episode 9

About this episode

This episode discusses highlights from the latest American Astronomical Society Meeting, focusing on advancements in telescopes and our understanding of the early universe.

In this episode we look at highlights from the latest American Astronomical Society Meeting. An accidental theme came out: with each new telescope and each improved instrument we can look more closely at our universe - we can and do learn more and understand more even about the things we thought we knew best. In this episode, Rubin Observatory brings rapidly rotating asteroids, and JWST peers at objects thriving in the first 2 billion years of our universe. Observatory after observatory brings us new science.

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