Dr. Nicholas Scott received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Georgia State University in 2015, simultaneously completing a cotutelle with the Observatoire de Paris in Meudon, France. During his Ph.D. with Georgia State, he worked at the CHARA Array on Mt. Wilson, California. Dr. Scott now works on high angular resolution speckle imaging instrumentation for exoplanet validation and characterization. He has a strong interest in exozodiacal dust and its evolution, optical laboratory work, and public outreach.
As soon as the first images captured by the James Webb telescope were published in July 2022, we started to produce a report where the sky describers entered the scene. Astronomers, astrophysicists, instrument specialists, data analysts, all have exposed their contribution to the exploration of the sky, their fascination in front of the immensity of the cosmos and the questions that remain unanswered. This video is part of a series made in Hawaii and on the West Coast of the United States.