Allison Strom, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University, is next in a long line of astronomers who got permission to use the James Webb Space Telescope.
"You know, extremely messy, trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives," Strom joked.
At some point in the next three weeks, the Webb telescope will do Strom’s bidding for a window of 40 hours, and then the fun begins for her and her colleagues who will analyze the data. "The telescope works, and it works brilliantly. Our knowledge about the universe is about to take a giant leap forward," said University of Chicago astronomy professor Jacob Bean, who viewed the first images revealed Monday by President Joe Biden from the comfort of his couch in Hyde Park.
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