The 18 hexagonal mirrors of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope float nearly one million miles from Earth like golden eyes peering into the universe, searching for signs of life on alien planets.One of the leaders of the pursuit is celebrated UC Santa Cruz astronomer Natalie Batalha.Her team is one of two at the university tasked with organizing and analyzing the enormous amounts of data collected by the new telescope a process made faster and easier by gathering a powerful international group of astronomers using a new approach called open science.
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