Peering into space with Nashville astronomers

This Is Nashville · Jul 21, 2023 · 50m

Some of the most exciting research in astronomy is happening right here in Nashville.

A little more than a year ago, NASA released the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. One of the first approved studies using this imagery was led by Vanderbilt professor Keivan Stassun, who is searching for Earth-like planets with NASA's TESS Exoplanet Mission. And just weeks ago, a groundbreaking study demonstrating how gravitational waves permeate the universe was published by a team led by another Vanderbilt astrophysicist, Stephen Taylor.

In this episode, we'll talk with these two…