Astrophysicist REACTS & EXPLAINS first James Webb images [JWST]

Dr. Joseph Pesce is an astrophysicist with the National Science Foundation and has been studying space for over 30 years. We sat down with him while NASA was releasing images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), to capture his very first reactions. All images are credited to NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScl Dr. Pesce is a Program Director at the NSF, Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Division of Astronomical Sciences. An Astrophysicist with 30 years of experience, his primary areas of interest is in the external environments of galaxies hosting super massive black holes (Active Galactic Nuclei – AGN – in particular blazars); formation and evolution of AGN and galaxies; intergalactic medium in clusters of galaxies; imaging and spectroscopy of AGN (optical, IR, UV, X-ray); multiwavelength (radio to gamma) monitoring studies of blazars; cool stars and stellar atmospheres (AGB stars, supernovae progenitors). He is the Program Officer responsible for the National Radio Ast