Investigating Space: Space Telescope Snapshots

Saturday, August 20
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Free With General Admission

Celebrate the clearest, deepest look at space we’ve ever had.  

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is more advanced than any telescope…ever. As the first images come back, we begin shedding light on some of the mysteries of the Universe. What are we learning? Why does it matter? Get an astronomer’s take on the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Galaxy Explorers, Spectra Demo, Time 10am – 1pm, Studio 3

Explore the properties of light with Light Decoders. You’ll experiment using scientific tools to explore emission spectra lines “hidden” in the light from excited gases.

Linda Shore, What Makes the James Webb Space Telescope Such a Big Deal? 2pm, Studio 3

The JWST is a remarkable engineering achievement, and at 1 million miles from the Earth, its location in space makes it the ideal tool for probing the very farthest reaches of the cosmos. Find out more about this amazing telescope and learn more about its first astonishing images and what astronomers are learning from them.

Linda Shore is the Chief Executive Officer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.