Lieu : Richmond campus | 8771 Lansdown Road, Richmond, BC, V6X3X7

Description :

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched in December 2021 and its first images were released in the summer of 2022. Astronomers are already using it to make important contributions to several areas of astronomy, such as the study of exoplanets (planets orbiting stars other than the Sun), the lifecycle of stars, and the evolution of the universe, to name just a few. Results and images from the telescope regularly feature in the news media. In this session, we will learn why the JWST is so powerful, the science behind some of the areas of astronomy it is contributing to, and the kinds of questions it will help us answer in the coming years and decades. In addition, it is hoped that the session will help attendees to better appreciate and understand the media coverage the JWST and its results are receiving.

 

Fergal Callaghan graduated with BSc in Physics with Astrophysics and a PhD in Physics from Queen’s University Belfast. He then worked as researcher in the physics departments of the University of Nottingham and Simon Fraser University before joining KPU, where he has been teaching physics and astronomy since 2007.

Register by:  Fri. Apr. 26th

Affiliation(s) obligatoire(s) :

• TALK Annual Membership

Disponibles : 7/30

Prix : 15,00 $ Taxes exonérées

Âge requis : 50+ au jour de l'activité

Notes : Richmond Campus, Room 2300 Parking is available on all KPU campuses. The cost is $5. • Remember your car’s license plate number. • Go to a Pay station located at main building entrances. • Key in license number (not your stall number); select time; then pay. Coins ($0.25, $1 and $2 coins only), Visa, MasterCard, American Express or PayByPhone are accepted at all Pay stations. They do not accept debit cards. If you have a handicapped placard, parking is free in the marked handicapped spaces only. If you park in a regular stall, you are expected to pay. The parking map for each campus, which indicates the location of handicapped spaces, can be found at: kpu.ca/parking-transit/maps.

Informations supplémentaires : Richmond Campus, Room 2300

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