Webb: a new exploration of the cosmos!
A Woman’s Day talk by Prof Ewine van Dishoeck
Join Iziko Museums of South Africa for an International Astronomy Union General Assembly
Woman’s Day talk on Friday, 9 August from 15:00 (15:15) – 16:30.
Whale Well, Iziko South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria Road, Cape Town.
RSVP book online https://bit.ly/Iziko_AstronomyTalk
Webb: a new exploration of the cosmos!
ABSTRACT:
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST, or Webb) is the new flagship mission led by NASA.
It is orders of magnitude more powerful than previous missions and will therefore push the
boundaries of human knowledge even further, from the formation of the first galaxies in
the universe to the building of new stars and planets.
This talk will highlight some of the exciting early science results from Webb, with a focus on
characterizing the material that makes planets and charting the horizons of other worlds.
Could there be life outside our solar system?
BIOGRAPHY
Ewine van Dishoeck is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden University (The Netherlands).
The research of her group innovatively unites the world of chemistry with that of physics and astronomy.
She helped develop the most powerful telescopes in the world, including the James Webb Space Telescope.
She was awarded the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics. From 2018-2021, Ewine served as the
President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
