Take a trip to outer space as we discuss early results of the James Webb Space Telescope, what astrophysicists think about astrology and how an expert in space optics suggests you clean your iPhone.  In this episode, we speak with Dr. John C. Mather, a Nobel Laureate and senior astrophysicist with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center about the James Webb Space Telescope results and with Tony Hull, a UNM adjunct professor and former JWST Program Manager at Tinsley who led the team that meticulously polished the mirrors in the James Webb Space Telescope.
 
This special episode of It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science is also available as a video podcast.
 
about the James Webb Space Telescope.
 Learn more about Dr. John C. Mather, Nobel Laureate and Senior Project Scientist Emeritus for the Webb Telescope. Dr. Mather earned the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role with the COBE Satellite (Cosmic Background Explorer).
 
Learn more about Tony Hull, UNM adjunct professor of Physics and Astronomy and former JWST Program Director at Tinsley and the role of the mirrors in the James Webb Space Telescope.
 
Interested in learning more about the space research happening at The University of New Mexico? Visit loboday.unm.edu/2024.
 
Special thanks to NASA and the James Webb Space Telescope team for the images and videos used in the episode.

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