For a deeper dive into some of the issues raised in this episode, head over to this recently released video from the American Museum of Natural History’s Isaac Asimov Panel Debate, titled: “JWST’s Cosmic Revolution.” It features Mike Boylan-Kolchin, UT alum Neil DeGrasse Tyson and others.
Research related to today’s debate:
James Webb Space Telescope Images Challenge Theories of How Universe Evolved
Cosmic Dawn: The JWST is Changing our Calculus of the Cosmos
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Reveals Galaxy Gold Mine in First Large Survey
Did the James Webb telescope ‘break the universe’? Maybe not
Episode credits
Our theme music was composed by Charlie Harper
Other music for today’s show was produced by: Podington Bear
Cover image: JWST’s image of spiral galaxy NGC 628, which is 32 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The spiraling filamentary structure looks somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus shell. Read more. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), and the PHANGS team.
About Point of Discovery
Point of Discovery is a production of the University of Texas at Austin's College of Natural Sciences and is a part of the Texas Podcast Network. The opinions expressed in this podcast represent the views of the hosts and guests, and not of The University of Texas at Austin. You can listen via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS, Amazon Podcasts, and more. Questions or comments about this episode or our series in general? Email Marc Airhart.
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