JWST’s larger mirror has allowed astronomers to find gravitationally lensed galaxies that have globular clusters almost nine billion years old. P
Oct 20th: Globular Clusters: Already Old 9 Billion Years Ago
Tag: JWST
Oct 6th: Being A Star: Nature vs Nurture
Astroseismologists are combining data from TESS, Kepler, and eventually JWST to study stellar oscillations in ‘infant’ stars, with the goal of creating new models for how such young stars form and evolve over time
Oct 5th: Awesome Astronomy October 2022 Shows
Join us today for October sky with @AwesomeAstroPod and discussion about where space begins, JWST, the worth of Artemis and how the infamous Elephant Trunk nebulae incident happened.
Sep 23rd: Milky Way “Autobiographer” Dr. Moiya McTier
This week we are super excited to welcome Dr. Moiya McTier to talk about autobiography of Milky Way. Also news update about DART, Insight, VESPERA, Korea Pathfinde, JWST, and Gravity.
Sep 22nd: Awesome Astronomy September 2022
Quick guide to the astronomy events to observe over the next few months. Farewell Frank Drake, Artemis 1 delays, and monthly round up with @AwesomeAstroPod
Sep 14th: Season Premiere: Catching Up On News & Rockets!
As we return from our summer hiatus, we are back with a rundown of some of the stories such as JWST images, dark matter, and Betelgeuse. Also thirty orbital launches but not including Artemis.
Aug 30th: Solar System Rotation Rate Due to Subatomic Interactions
Using a first-principles approach, researchers have discovered that the differences in the rotational rate of the solar system are due to the inward and outward flow of cations and electrons.
Aug 3rd: Awesome Astronomy August 2022 News
August news round-up with @AwesomeAstroPod. Also august skyguide. This week we have Jupiter’s ring, triple star system with a violent past, fossil galaxy, & life on Mars.
Jul 27th: JWST Releases First Five Science Images
Starting with the stunning release of JWST’s first image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 on July 11, the bonanza continued the morning of July 12 with newly released images of Stephan’s Quintet, the Carina Nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula, and exoplanet WASP-96b
Jul 25th: Did JWST Work?
We’re FINALLY going to talk about the James Webb Space Telescope. After decades of development, delays, budget creep, the powerful infrared observatory is at its final home at the L2 Lagrange point. Yesterday (at the time we’re recording this) we saw the first scientific images from the telescope and according to Pamela’s rules, we’re finally allowed to talk about it.