Nobel Prize Winner John Mather to speak at UNM on James Webb Space Telescope's early results
January 19, 2024 - Dani Wascher
John Mather, Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking observational work on the Big Bang, is set to return to the University of New Mexico next week to share insights on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its early results. The event promises an engaging colloquium and public talk.
Mather, from his role as JWST Senior Project Scientist Emeritus, will share his profound interpretation of Webb images and results during these sessions. His public talk, "Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with JWST," will delve into the telescope's remarkable achievements since its Christmas morning launch in 2021. Mather, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE), will discuss the telescope's capability to explore the universe's history, from the Big Bang to the formation of life-sustaining solar systems.
From the early conception stage, Mather has infused The James Webb Space Telescope, perhaps the most complex scientific engine ever built, with now realized promise to change the face of astrophysics and cosmology. Mather led the science team and represented scientific interests across the Webb Mission.
Event details...
Public Talk: Opening the infrared treasure chest with JWST (or James Webb Space Telescope) on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m., PAÍS 1100
Colloquium: Seeing farther out in space and back in time with the James Webb Space Telescope on Friday, Jan. 26, at 3:30 p.m., PAÍS 1100
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