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How a Smooth Early Universe Grew into Everyone You Know (with Nobel Laureate John Mather)

How a Smooth Early Universe Grew into Everyone You Know (with Nobel Laureate John Mather)

FromSilicon Valley Astronomy Lectures


How a Smooth Early Universe Grew into Everyone You Know (with Nobel Laureate John Mather)

FromSilicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Jun 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nobel Physics Prize laureate, Dr. John Mather, explains how the early cosmos (whose precise characteristics he helped pin down) became our present-day universe of galaxies, stars, and planets.  Dr. Mather is the Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope (which will be a much larger instrument than the Hubble when it is launched in late 2021).  He also discusses the history of the Webb telescope and how it is designed, and then suggests some of the exciting things this telescope will be able to do.  This was the Feb. 2021 Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture. 
Released:
Jun 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (45)

Listen to exciting, non-technical talks on some of the most interesting developments in astronomy and space science. Founded in 1999, the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures are presented on six Wednesday evenings during each school year at Foothill College, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Speakers include a wide range of noted scientists, explaining astronomical developments in everyday language. The series is organized and moderated by Foothill's astronomy instructor emeritus Andrew Fraknoi and jointly sponsored by the Foothill College Physical Science, Math, and Engineering Division, the SETI Institute, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the University of California Observatories (including the Lick Observatory.)