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What can we learn from images from Webb Space Telescope?

August 01, 2022

Images from deeper into space than humans have ever seen from the James Webb Space Telescope captivated the world when they first released last month.


Located a million miles from Earth, the Webb telescope shows some of the earliest galaxies in the universe – located some 13.5 billion light years from Earth.


But what are we seeing and how can information be used?


Joining us is Dr. Ryan Trainor, an assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College.

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