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X-WR-CALDESC:On Wednesday\, Feb. 3\, 2021 at 7 pm\, Nobel-prize winner Dr. 
 John Mather\, the Senior Project Scientist on the James Webb Space Telesco
 pe\, will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical talk on: \n\n”Cosmic I
 nstability: How a Smooth Early Universe Grew into Everyone You Know.”  \n 
        \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (
 through Foothill College)\, now in its 21st year. \n\n \n\nGravity made st
 ars\, stars made heavy elements\, gravity and chemistry made planets\, geo
 logy and biology made people\, and people made telescopes.  What we would 
 like to know is hard it all was\, and could it happen elsewhere.  The Jame
 s Webb Space Telescope\, planned for launch in October 2021\, will extend 
 the discoveries of the Hubble with a much bigger mirror\, cooled to low te
 mperatures so it can observe infrared radiation. It will have detectors ca
 pable of observing a bumblebee at the distance of the Moon! Dr. Mather wil
 l show the telescope\, describe its capabilities\, and discuss what it mig
 ht find.  We expect to see the history of the universe laid out before us\
 , from the first luminous objects to our local neighborhood\, and to answe
 r questions like: How did the galaxies and black holes first form and grow
 ?  Are there Earth-like planets out there?  How can we tell if they harbor
  life?  \n---------------------\n\nDr. John C. Mather is a Senior Astrophy
 sicist and the Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope
 \, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. His research centers on infrared
  astronomy\, cosmology\, and the development of new instruments for explor
 ing the universe.  He was the Project Scientist and a Principal Investigat
 or for the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite -- with which the left-ove
 r radiation from the Big Bang was measured precisely for the first time.  
 He has received numerous awards\, including the Nobel Prize in Physics (20
 06)\, and three honorary doctorates. \n\n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:
  \n\n* The Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division 
 \n* The SETI Institute \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific \n* The
  University of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory). \n\n
 Past lectures in the series
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DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, Feb. 3\, 2021 at 7 pm\, Nobel-prize winner Dr. J
 ohn Mather\, the Senior Project Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescop
 e\, will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical talk on: \n\n”Cosmic In
 stability: How a Smooth Early Universe Grew into Everyone You Know.”  \n  
       \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (t
 hrough Foothill College)\, now in its 21st year. \n\n \n\nGravity made sta
 rs\, stars made heavy elements\, gravity and chemistry made planets\, geol
 ogy and biology made people\, and people made telescopes.  What we would l
 ike to know is hard it all was\, and could it happen elsewhere.  The James
  Webb Space Telescope\, planned for launch in October 2021\, will extend t
 he discoveries of the Hubble with a much bigger mirror\, cooled to low tem
 peratures so it can observe infrared radiation. It will have detectors cap
 able of observing a bumblebee at the distance of the Moon! Dr. Mather will
  show the telescope\, describe its capabilities\, and discuss what it migh
 t find.  We expect to see the history of the universe laid out before us\,
  from the first luminous objects to our local neighborhood\, and to answer
  questions like: How did the galaxies and black holes first form and grow?
   Are there Earth-like planets out there?  How can we tell if they harbor 
 life?  \n---------------------\n\nDr. John C. Mather is a Senior Astrophys
 icist and the Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope\
 , at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. His research centers on infrared 
 astronomy\, cosmology\, and the development of new instruments for explori
 ng the universe.  He was the Project Scientist and a Principal Investigato
 r for the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite -- with which the left-over
  radiation from the Big Bang was measured precisely for the first time.  H
 e has received numerous awards\, including the Nobel Prize in Physics (200
 6)\, and three honorary doctorates. \n\n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: 
 \n\n* The Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n
 * The SETI Institute \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific \n* The U
 niversity of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory). \n\nPa
 st lectures in the series
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LOCATION:Live YouTube Streaming February 3\, 7pm PT
SUMMARY:Free Live Streaming Silicon Valley Lecture
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