Webb’s Universe

Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist, science communicator, and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night. She completed a degree in physics at Imperial College London, where she first realized her love of space telescopes, and went on to specialize in optics, which later formed part of her PhD. After helping to build a spectrograph for Gemini South, one of the biggest telescopes in the world, she continued to work on telescope instruments, including one for JWST. She is president-elect of the British Science Association and an honorary research associate of UCL’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. She is the author of numerous books on space, including The Book of the Moon (Abrams Image).

The definitive and most up-to-date book on the James Webb Space Telescope, including its stunning images, written by pioneering space expert Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock With mind-blowingly detailed images from the world’s most powerful telescope, Webb’s Universe reveals the depths of our cosmos in all its jaw-dropping beauty. The first stunningly clear images of the very depths of the universe using James Webb’s groundbreaking infrared technology were released in July 2022, forever changing the way we see and understand the origins of our existence. From the never-before-seen bright stars surrounding the cosmic cliffs of the Carina Nebula to the intricate details of dying stars to the first detection of a crucial carbon molecule, which forms the foundations of life as we know it, Webb continues to amaze us and inform us in equal measure. Bringing her passion as well as her expert knowledge of space and Webb in particular, Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock demystifies these stunning images and breaks down the essential science behind each picture, explaining what we’re seeing and learning from the world’s most powerful space telescope.