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Symposium announcement: Exploring the Universe with JWST

Symposium announcement: Exploring the Universe with JWST

The 49th ESLAB symposium will be an international meeting dedicated to the presentation and discussion of future scientific research that will be enabled by the James Webb Space Telescope. This "Exploring the Universe with JWST" symposium will be held at the European Space Agency's technical centre (ESTEC), 12-16 October 2015.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled for launch in October 2018, will be one of the great observatories of the next decade. JWST and its suite of four instruments will provide imaging, spectroscopic and coronagraphic capabilities over the 0.6 to 28.5 micron wavelength range and will offer an unprecedented combination of sensitivity and spatial resolution to study targets ranging from our Solar System to the most distant galaxies.

With JWST’s launch date approaching steadily and a first call for proposals scheduled for the end of 2017, it is important to give the astronomical community opportunities to present, highlight and discuss scientific programmes that will be made possible by JWST. This is the context for the symposium which will take place during the week of the 12-16 October 2015 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

The conference will cover a broad range of scientific topics that will be organized in the following categories:

  • The end of the “dark ages”: first light and reionisation
  • The assembly of galaxies
  • The formation and evolution of stars and planets
  • Planetary systems and the origins of life (exoplanets)
  • Our Solar System

Registration will open on 16 March 2015.

Full details can be found at the conference website.

Last Update: 23 September 2021
28-Mar-2024 13:41 UT

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