#53 - Dr. Nathalie Ouellette - Exoplanets and the James Webb Space Telescope
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This week's episode features Astrophysicist Dr. Nathalie Ouellette. Nathalie is the Coordinator for the Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the Université de Montréal and the Canadian Outreach Scientist for the JWST working with the Canadian Space Agency! Throughout this episode, Nathalie and Brendan discuss exoplanets, how we detect them, how many there are, the James Webb Space Telescope, when it will launch, what it will look for, why it's so special (and risky), galaxy clusters, and much more!
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