Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with the James Webb Space Telescope

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WEDNESDAY 17 MAY | 6 - 7pm BST | 1 - 2pm EST | ON-DEMAND HOW DID NASA BUILD THE JWST AND WHAT HAS IT ALREADY REVEALED? Join senior project scientist for JWST and Nobel prizewinning astrophysicist John C Mather as he discusses the groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope.    About 100 times more powerful than the celebrated Hubble Space Telescope, JWST could observe a bumblebee at the Earth-moon distance, in reflected sunlight and thermal emission, and it promises to reveal many wonders of our universe. FIND OUT MORE BONUS RESOURCES INCLUDED IN YOUR ONLINE TICKET ADDITIONAL ON-DEMAND VIDEO: THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE Professor of Physics, Will Kinney The Big Bang was one of the most consequential developments in twentieth-century science, and yet it leaves many questions unanswered. Why is the universe so big? Why is it so old? What is the origin of structure in the cosmos? This talk explains a more recent theory that may hold the answers to these questions and even explain the ultimate origins of the universe: cosmic inflation, before the primordial fire of the Big Bang.  SELECTED NEW SCIENTIST ARTICLES: How JWST could find signs of alien life in exoplanet atmospheres The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system 7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer BOOK NOW ALSO IN THIS SERIES: FERMILAB: SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF MATTER AND ENERGY, SPACE AND TIME TUESDAY 4 APRIL | 6-7pm BST | 1-2pm EDT | ON-DEMAND Senior Scientist, Fermilab, Don Lincoln FIND OUT MORE Update preferences  |  Help  |  Contact us View in browser This email has been sent to submitpostforlive@gmail.com.   Unsubscribe from New Scientist Events emails Do not reply directly to this email. If you have an enquiry, please contact us using the relevant contact details listed here. Copyright © New Scientist Ltd Registered Office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT Registered in England. No.10644366 Australian mailing address: PO Box 2315, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia Registered in Australia. ABN 22 621 413 170   Privacy Policy  |  Terms & Conditions