So... what's the Webb Space Telescope supposed to find, and how does it do it? Here's a 13 minute video that covers all the basics, without assuming that you have a solid foundation in relativistic effects:
Just click over to youtube and embiggen to full screen.
I hate to keep re-posting other people's stuff about Webb and the Event Horizon radio telescope array, but damn, there's some good stuff out there that deserves highlighting. As I put it back in 2016, "Between the Webb and LIGO, the 2020's are going to be boom times in astronomy." Well, that golden age has arrived.
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