UNLV physicist excited about discoveries NASA’s Webb telescope will make

When the James Webb Space Telescope gets into place next month about a million miles from Earth, it will allow scientists to see the light of distant galaxies and marvel at the origins of the universe. UNLV astrophysicist Jason Steffen will do both plus study the data the telescope sends back on the atmospheres of exoplanets, or planets that orbit other stars. Exoplanet study is another key part of the Webb mission and is Steffen’s specialty.