30 September 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched successfully on 25 December 2021. Following the commissioning of the telescope and its instruments, the first science observations started in late June and its spectacular first images were revealed to the world on 12 July 2022. As the science and operations center for JWST, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is pleased to announce that it will host a science conference in early December to highlight the first scientific results from NASA’s newest Great Observatory. The conference will be organized around the four science themes: the Early Universe, Galaxy Assembly, Stellar and Planetary Lifecycles, and Other Worlds. However, abstracts are welcome from any topic advanced by JWST observations.
The conference will focus on contributed presentations and posters, with a limited number of invited talks. A small number of late abstracts will be accepted to encourage the discussion of late-breaking results based on recently acquired data. We anticipate being able to provide partial funding support to enable attendance by early-career researchers. More information will be posted on the conference website as it becomes available.
The conference will be held 12 – 14 December 2022 from 9a – 4:30p Eastern/8a–3:30p Central/7a – 2:30p Mountain/6a – 1:30p Pacific, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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For more information see the event website. Please contact STScI with any questions.