The Webb Telescope Takes Over From Hubble

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 virtual talk, retired UW Astronomy Professor Bruce Balick will briefly review the messy history of Webb’s design, construction, and funding. Then we shall follow its picture-perfect launch and deployment, introduce its first scientific images, and present its scientific promise and potential in a field whose research scope is set to explode once more.