James Webb Telescope: A Step Toward Reshaping our Understanding of the Universe
The new Webb telescope has shown that NASA’s $10 billion investment and 26 years are finally delivering their promise. Since light takes a long time to reach us, not only are we looking at distant galaxies but also at the light that left these stars/galaxies 13.1 billion years ago. The Big Bang is estimated to have occurred 13.8 billion years back. So we are peering at objects a long distance away and a long time back. In this interview, Prabir Purkayastha and Prof. Sabyasachi Chatterjee discuss the implications and future.
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