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Stunning photographs of space and how turtles talk: The top science stories of 2022

10:30

December 21, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula that were previously obscured. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScl)

The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day a year ago, and this year it has delivered incredibly stunning, detailed images of the cosmos. The telescope is just one of the top science stories of 2022.

Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, about the science stories that stand out to her this year.

This segment aired on December 21, 2022.

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