PODCAST: James Webb Space Telescope with Astronomer Heidi Hammel

Heidi Hammel, the Vice President for Science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), joins Myles Dannhausen Jr. to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch no earlier than Dec. 24 (it was previously scheduled for Dec. 22). The telescope is expected to revolutionize astronomy. Hammel, one of the world’s leading astronomers, tells you what the Webb will mean for science and our understanding of the universe.

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