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SUMMARY:A First Glimpse Of Webb's Revolution For Our Understanding Of Gala
 xy Formation - Roberto Maiolino
DTSTART:20221125T114500Z
DTEND:20221125T124500Z
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CONTACT:Please see programme below
DESCRIPTION:The successful launch\, deployment and commissioning of the Ja
 mes Webb Space Telescope has opened a new era in astronomy and astrophysic
 s. Indeed\, in some infrared spectral bands\, Webb's sensitivity is up to 
 three orders of magnitude higher than previous facilities. Such a huge lea
 p in sensitivity has happened very rarely in the history of astronomy and\
 , even more broadly\, in the history of science. To put it into a context\
 , it is equivalent\, in the visible\, to suddenly passing from Galileo's t
 elescope to modern 10m-class telescopes. The first observations released b
 y this fantastic observatory have not disappointed\, by delivering several
  unexpected results.\n\nI will give an overview of the early\, exciting We
 bb's findings by focusing on the new results on distant galaxies. I will s
 how that some of these discoveries are drastically changing our understand
 ing of galaxy formation in the early Universe and of their subsequent evol
 ution across the cosmic epochs. \n\nHowever\, I will also emphasise that t
 his is just the beginning: the truly revolutionary results are expected to
  come next year\, when the new classes of galaxies discovered by Webb will
  be characterised via deep spectroscopic follow-up.\n
LOCATION:Hoyle Lecture Theatre and online (details to be sent by e-mail)
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