10-10-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca

‘X-ray specs’: Canadian scientists starry-eyed over James Webb space telescope

EDMONTON — It’s as if they were using a telescope not just to peer into space, but also into time. 
Canadian scientists are already using spectacular data and images from the recently launched James Webb Space telescope to look backward into some of the oldest stars ever studied and forward into how new stars and planets are born. 
“One of the holy grails of astronomy is to find stars that are the first stars to have formed after the Big Bang,” said Ghassan Sarr
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