RIT scientists await first images from James Webb Space Telescope

RIT faculty to help explain the telescope’s significance in multiple upcoming media appearances

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NASA will reveal the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images and spectra at 10:30 a.m. EDT on July 12.

The public will soon get its first glimpse at images from the most powerful observational instrument ever made. NASA will reveal the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images and spectra at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12.

After the images are released, RIT faculty closely involved with JWST will make media appearances to react to the images and explain the significance of this momentous scientific achievement:

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