JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE AND A NEW ERA OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, Sept 23, 2022, virtual, 12:00-1:00 pm ET

Johns Hopkins University will hold a virtual briefing on September 23, 2022 from 12:00-1:00 pm ET on “The James Webb Space Telescope and a New Era of Scientific Discovery.”

The Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates JWST, is located on the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus in Baltimore, MD.

Speakers are:

• 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
• Moderator: Lainie Rutkow, PhD, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Johns Hopkins University 

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

More information and a registration link are on the event’s website. It will be livestreamed there.