UF Astronomers Use James Webb Space Telescope To Uncover Hidden Stars in the Milky Way’s Largest Stellar Nursery (UF News)
UF astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed views of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s largest stellar nursery, uncovering previously hidden stars and new insights into how massive star clusters form.
UF Scientists Probe the Cosmos With the New James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day, 2021, and the instrument was so complex that it took months for us to peer through the new telescope. Then in July of 2022 we got our first look at images from the most advanced space observatory ever made. The telescope’s data will transform how we understand our universe, and University of Florida astronomers and physicists are on the vanguard of these discoveries.