This illustration conceptualizes the swirling clouds in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256 b identified by the James Webb Space Telescope. The planet is
Physics and astronomy Prof. Jason Wang, who started teaching at Northwestern this month, didn’t always want to be an astronomer. As a physics major at Cornell University, Wang said he wanted to try new things in college. But it was only after completing astronomy research as an undergraduate that he realized he wanted to pursue.