WORT 89.9FM Madison · James Webb Telescope Marks One Year In Operation The James Webb Space telescope, perhaps the most complicated piece of machinery humanity has ever produced, has now […]
James Webb Space Telescope
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine explores the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The launch date is scheduled for December 22. This will be the most advanced technologically engineered telescope ever […]
Being an Astronomer
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine gets a glimpse of what it’s like to be an astronomer. Our guest is Robert Mathieu, professor of astronomy at UW-Madison. He studies the structure, […]
The Night Sky With Jim Lattis
Jim Lattis, director of the UW Space Place, has been a frequent guest on the Perpetual Notion Machine. How many times has it been? 20, 30 times? Maybe not that […]
The Hot Spot for Space Telescopes
(WORT) — UW-Madison astronomy scholars Anna Williams and Ben Rosenwasser discuss the current and future placement of several space telescopes.