{"id":97141,"date":"2026-02-17T04:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=97141"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:13:01","slug":"the-power-to-do-awe-inspiring-astronomical-discoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_17_2026\/the-power-to-do-awe-inspiring-astronomical-discoveries","title":{"rendered":"The Power To Do Awe-Inspiring Astronomical Discoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dr. Eli Visbal, an associate professor and theoretical astronomer, led new research proposing the first direct detection of some of the oldest stars in the universe \u2014\u00a0a\u00a0discovery made possible\u00a0thanks to\u00a0the\u00a0unprecedented capabilities of the\u00a0James Webb Space\u00a0Telescope. Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/spotlight\/stars\/\">utoledo.edu\/spotlight<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97142\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eli-Visbal-01072026-1072.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Eli Visbal, an associate professor and theoretical astronomer who led new research proposing the first direct detection of some of the oldest stars in the universe, sits at a computer with hundreds of images of spiral galaxies on the video wall behind him.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eli-Visbal-01072026-1072.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eli-Visbal-01072026-1072-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_17_2026\/the-power-to-do-awe-inspiring-astronomical-discoveries\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eli-Visbal-01072026-1072-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Eli Visbal, an associate professor and theoretical astronomer who led new research proposing the first direct detection of some of the oldest stars in the universe, sits at a computer with hundreds of images of spiral galaxies on the video wall behind him.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Dr. Eli Visbal, an associate professor and theoretical astronomer, led new research proposing the first direct detection of some of the oldest stars in the universe \u2014\u00a0a\u00a0discovery made possible\u00a0thanks to\u00a0the\u00a0unprecedented capabilities of the\u00a0James Webb Space\u00a0Telescope. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":97142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,39,1,3,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97144,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97141\/revisions\/97144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}