The hunt for habitable planets gets a new tool

The Hunt for Planet B, directed by Nathaniel Kahn, tells the story of the scientists searching for signs of extraterrestrial life and is organized around the building of the NASA-led James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the high-powered Hubble successor scheduled to launch in late 2021. The film provides a behind-the-scenes view of the technical complexities, personalities, and politics that go into building a multidecade space mission.