Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UW presents: The James Webb Space Telescope takes over from Hubble: First science results

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For the past 30 years the Hubble Space Telescope has fostered or revolutionized one field of astronomical research after another. Now the James Webb Telescope is poised to do the same. In this talk Bruce Balick will briefly review the messy history of Webb’s design, construction, and funding. Then we shall follow at it’s picture-perfectMore