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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched into space in December of 2021 and started sending its first images back to Earth in July of 2022. The science campaign began in earnest last fall and we were treated to an entirely new look at our Universe. In particular, JWST took the first spectra of the atmosphere of exoplanets - planets orbiting stars other than our own Sun. For the first time, we were able to characterize the conditions on these planets and consider whether any of them might host life. In this talk, Dr. Meredith MacGregor will discuss this revolutionary new telescope, what makes it unique, and what we might hope to find when we use it to look at other worlds.
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Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive,Boulder,CO,United States
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