What Scientists Are Learning from the James Webb Space Telescope | PBS NewsHour

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What Scientists Are Learning from the James Webb Space Telescope | PBS NewsHour

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched last Christmas and released its first image in July, providing the deepest and sharpest view we’ve ever seen of the universe. Since then, it has captured faraway star nurseries, cosmic cliffs and galactic clusters.

Watch the video above to learn more, and then answer the discussion questions in the upper-right corner of this page.

This lesson was originally posted here on PBS NewsHour Classroom on September 19, 2022. Check out more resources at NewsHour Classroom.

 
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