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Tel Aviv 360 podcast: Two years of James Webb, episode 1: The great wonder in the sky

In the first episode we will talk with Professor Dan Maoz, from the School of Physics and Astronomy: we will understand how the telescope works and what distinguishes it from its predecessors, about the advantage of viewing in infrared light, how the scientific community works with the telescope, and more. We also discussed supernovae, the end-of-life phase of heavy stars, which creates new elements and creates young stars (Hebrew only)

We are marking two years since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, undoubtedly one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. The telescope stands at a distance of one and a half million kilometers from the Earth and is equipped with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity that produce exciting and detailed space photographs and allow us to see the universe as we have never seen it. Webb's abilities take us on a time journey to the beginning of the universe. Webb's first two years are a huge success.
The goals of the James Webb Space Telescope are to learn about the way everything was created, including us: to study the formation and evolution of the first galaxies, the first stars and other celestial phenomena, such as black holes; explore and understand what gives them their shape and properties; To analyze and study the atmospheres of distant planets and to try and answer the question of humanity: are we alone in the universe?
We will talk about all these topics, and more, in a four-part series of "Tel Aviv 360", with an intergalactic group of leading researchers from the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University.
In the first episode we will talk with Professor Dan Maoz, from the School of Physics and Astronomy: we will understand how the telescope works and what distinguishes it from its predecessors, about the advantage of viewing in infrared light, how the scientific community works with the telescope, and more. We also talked about supernovae, the end-of-life phase of heavy stars, which creates new elements and creates young stars - the focus of Prof. Maoz's research. Fascinating conversation. Welcome to listen