BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Science and Society: Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with the James Webb Space Telescope BEGIN:VEVENT UID:153352022-10-04 DTSTART:20221004T210000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221004T040000Z LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=111 Adams Avenue:geo:38.767089,-75.140999 GEO:38.767089;-75.140999 SUMMARY:Science and Society: Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with the J ames Webb Space Telescope CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25\, 20 21\, and\ncommissioning was completed in early July 2022. With its 6.5 met er\ngolden eye\, and cameras and spectrometers covering 0.6 to 28 µm\n(mi crons)\, Webb is already producing magnificent images of galaxies\,\nactiv e galactic nuclei\, star-forming regions\, and planets. Scientists\nare hu nting for some of the first objects that formed after the Big\nBang\, the first black holes (primordial or formed in galaxies)\, and\nbeginning to o bserve the growth of galaxies\, the formation of stars\nand planetary syst ems\, individual exoplanets and all objects in the\nSolar System from Mars on out. It could observe a something the size\nof a bumblebee at the Eart h-Moon distance\, in reflected sunlight and\nthermal emission. This online talk by Dr. John Mather will describe\nhow the Webb telescope was built a nd what we hope to find. Webb is a\njoint project of NASA with the Europea n and Canadian space agencies.\nDr. John Mather is Senior Project Scientis t for the James Webb Space\nTelescope (JWST) at NASA’s Goddard Space Fli ght Center\, leading the\nscience teams since 1995. As a postdoc at NASA ’s GISS in 1974\, he\nled the proposal efforts for the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)\,\ncoming to GSFC to be the COBE Project Scientist and Pr incipal\nInvestigator for the Far IR Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) on \nCOBE. With the team\, he confirmed the universe is expanding to\nextraor dinary accuracy. The team also made the first map of the hot\nand cold spo ts in the background radiation (anisotropy). Dr. Mather\nreceived the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smoot. He also is\nthe co-author\, wit h John Boslough\, of The Very First Light: The True\nInside Story of the S cientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the\nUniverse\, a gripping tale of b ig money\, bigger egos\, tense politics\,\nand cutting-edge engineering\, offering a rare insider's account of the\nworld of big science. We invite you to support the author by\npurchasing a copy of their book from Browsea bout Books by clicking\nHERE. Call-in orders are accepted at (302) 226-266 5 or you can stop by\nthe store to purchase a copy. For store hours\, plea se visit their\nwebsite. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate.\nThe author also has donated a limited number of signed copies of the\nbook\, which may be picked up at the Lewes Public Library (while\n supplies last). The conversation will be moderated by Colin Norman\,\nthe former News Editor at Science\, and Fred Dylla\, Executive Director\nEmeri tus of the American Institute of Physics and author of Scientific\nJourney s. This event is part of the series Science and Society -\nMaking Sense of the World Around Us\, launched by the Lewes Public\nLibrary last year and co-organized by Fred Dylla and Linda Dylla.\nNOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER\nto receive instructions for joi ning the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public\nLibrary. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25\, 2021\, and commissioning was completed in early July 2022. With its 6.5 meter golden eye\, and cameras and spectrometers covering 0.6 to 28 µm (microns)\, Webb is already producing magnificent images of gal axies\, active galactic nuclei\, star-forming regions\, and planets. Scien tists are hunting for some of the first objects that formed after the Big Bang\, the first black holes (primordial or formed in galaxies)\, and begi nning to observe the growth of galaxies\, the formation of stars and plane tary systems\, individual exoplanets and all objects in the Solar System f rom Mars on out. It could observe a something the size of a bumblebee at t he Earth-Moon distance\, in reflected sunlight and thermal emission. This online talk by Dr. John Mather will describe how the Webb telescope was bu ilt and what we hope to find. Webb is a joint project of NASA with the Eur opean and Canadian space agencies. Dr. John Mather is Senior Project Scien tist for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at NASA’s Goddard Space F light Center\, leading the science teams since 1995. As a postdoc at NASA ’s GISS in 1974\, he led the proposal efforts for the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)\, coming to GSFC to be the COBE Project Scientist and Prin cipal Investigator for the Far IR Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) on CO BE. With the team\, he confirmed the universe is expanding to extraordinar y accuracy. The team also made the first map of the hot and cold spots in the background radiation (anisotropy). Dr. Mather received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smoot. He also is the co-author\, with John B oslough\, of The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe\, a gripping tale of big money\, bigger egos\, tense politics\, and cutting-edge engineering\, offering a rare insider's account of the world of big science. We invite you to suppo rt the author by purchasing a copy of their book from Browseabout Books by clicking HERE. Call-in orders are accepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can s top by the store to purchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate. The a uthor also has donated a limited number of signed copies of the book\, whi ch may be picked up at the Lewes Public Library (while supplies last). The conversation will be moderated by Colin Norman\, the former News Editor a t Science\, and Fred Dylla\, Executive Director Emeritus of the American I nstitute of Physics and author of Scientific Journeys. This event is part of the series Science and Society - Making Sense of the World Around Us\, launched by the Lewes Public Library last year and co-organized by Fred Dy lla and Linda Dylla. NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. Y ou MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meeting. Venue: L ewes Public Library. DTSTAMP:20261027T234938Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR