The Johns Hopkins Briefing: The James Webb Space Telescope & A New Era of Scientific Discovery

Description

Johns Hopkins University will host a live virtual briefing about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its science mission.

The JWST launched in December 2021 and in the words of NASA—which leads the Webb program in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency—it is "the world's largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built." In July 2022, people around the world were awed by JWST's first full-color images, the release of which marked the official beginning of the telescope's science mission. The Space Telescope Science Institute, which is based in Baltimore on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus, serves as the Science & Operations Center for Webb.

Topics covered will include:

• Why JWST was built
• What was required to get the telescope ready for science operations
• Webb's first full-color images and what they revealed
• JWST's first year of observations and the future of its science mission

Registrants can submit questions in advance or during the briefing.

Click here to watch the livestream on The Hub.

The following experts are scheduled to speak:

• Susan E. Mullally, PhD, Deputy Project Scientist for JWST, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Adam Riess, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University, and Distinguished Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Massimo Stiavelli, PhD, Head, JWST Mission Office, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Lainie Rutkow (moderator), PhD, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Johns Hopkins University