A new grant is enabling a global team of scientists access to hundreds of hours of observing time with the James Webb Space Telescope. The grant’s primary investigator for the U.S. team, UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy David Wake, is leading the way in this single largest project to ever take place using Webb, through a process called pure parallel observation. The data will provide detailed observations for an unprecedented number of galaxies in the distant universe. Dr. Zackary Hutchens, who recently joined the faculty at UNC Asheville as a postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, is contributing to the scientific analysis. As the project progresses, UNC Asheville students will have the opportunity to become involved, as well, giving them the chance to use exciting new data in their research. 

Read more about the project here.