Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy

By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are astounding. With its deep infrared eyes, the telescope is illuminating regions of the Universe with never-before-possible clarity.

The telescope is a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. More than 300 universities, companies, space agencies and organisations are involved.

In the excitement, it’s easy to forget the Webb telescope has been the subject of controversy.…

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