"JWST: a new exploration of the cosmos" for BL4S participants

Tuesday 13 Sept 2022, 16:00 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

Margherita Boselli (CERN)

The organisers of Beamline for Schools and of "Stars Shine for Everyone" are glad to invite all the participants in BL4S 2022 a talk titled "JWST: a new exploration of the cosmos" given by Prof. Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck from the Leiden Observatory.

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST, or Webb) is the new flagship
mission from NASA, with participation by ESA. Webb was launched on
December 25 2021 and started to produce the scientific data this
summer. Webb is orders of magnitude more powerful than previous
missions and has the ability to look further into the infrared. Webb
will therefore push the boundaries of human knowledge even further, from
the formation of the first galaxies to the horizons of other
worlds. This talk will summarize the JWST mission and its instruments,
including Europe's role in them, and show some of the exciting first
science results.

16:00 → 17:00 JWST: a new exploration of the cosmos

Speakers: Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck, Margherita Boselli (CERN), Markus Joos (CERN)