Last Monday, after traveling about a million miles, the James Webb Telescope reached its new home.
NASA’s telescope is now parked in a space called L2 – a region between the gravitational fields of the Earth and sun – where it could spend the next 10 or more years surveilling outer space.
The Webb telescope, which was launched Dec. 25, is being controlled from the Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore.
On Feb. 3, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., experts at Johns Hopkins University will host a live virtual discussion on developments in space exploration, including the Webb telescope, space weather, the Parker Solar Probe, and upcoming space missions.
The discussion – moderated by Chuck Bennett, professor and director at Space@Hopkins – will include Hopkins professors Adam Riess and Sabine Stanley, as well as Jason Kalirai, mission area executive for civil space at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
The event is part of the university’s Congressional Briefing Series, which allows policymakers, staff, and members of the public to gain insights from Johns Hopkins experts.
The event is free, but registration is required.
