The Webb Telescope, NASA’s golden surfer, is almost ready, again

The ungraying of astronomy

That search for life is front and center in a new documentary film about the Webb telescope, “The Hunt for Planet B,” which was made by Nathaniel Kahn and will premiere at the South by Southwest Festival in March. MIT Professor Sara Seager's story helps to frame the narrative.

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Story image: Sara Seager, a planetary expert and physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Credit: Gretchen Ertl for The New York Times