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LIVESTREAM ADDED Webb's Universe: Our cosmic history

BBC's The Sky at Night presenter Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock shares her expertise and unique insights into the marvellous world of stars. 

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Despite the huge advances in space technology in recent decades, much of the universe remains a source of mystery, often provoking more questions than answers. But technology exploring the cosmos continues to progress, from the Hubble telescope first launched in 1990, to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in December 2021.  

BBC Sky at Night’s Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock was one of the British space scientists to work on JWST, and will break down the latest and greatest science to come out of the world’s most powerful space telescope. Now over two years since the first stunningly clear images of the depths of our Universe captured by JWST were released, Maggie will demystify the latest images to be produced by James Webb’s groundbreaking infrared technology.  

Join us for a night of spectacular space science, and discover how we may finally have the tools to answer the biggest questions surrounding our Universe, and how it came to be.  

Copies of Maggie's latest book "Webb's Universe: The Space Telescope Images That Reveal Our Cosmic History" will be available to purchase after the talk.

 

Event type

This is a theatre and livestream event for an adult audience, where the speakers and audience in our Theatre are joined by our audience online. 

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About Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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Dame Margaret Aderin-Pocock

Dame Margaret Aderin-Pocock is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television programme The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. In 2020 she was awarded the Institute of Physics William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.

Timing

Doors to the theatre will open at 6.45pm and the talk will begin at 7.00pm.

Timing for the livestream

The livestream will go live at 6.55pm and the introduction will begin at 7.00pm. If you register but miss the livestream, the video will be available to you via the same link for two weeks after the event date.

Accessibility

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