CWRU Professor Chris Mihos, and his graduate student, Ray Garner, will be our speakers. Dr. Bill Janesh, also of the CWRU Department of Astronomy, will be our moderator. Our speakers will present the wonder, purpose, and future of the James Webb Space Telescope as it sends back information about the origin and development of universes beyond our known or imagined ones. Why, we may ask, is this important? Finding the earliest galaxies requires very low foreground light levels, ultra-sharp images over large areas, and studies at many infrared wavelengths, a combination of observing conditions only available from space.

The JWST, launched on December 21, 2021, provides these unique conditions and will help scientists to, among many things: • Observe the era of our universe’s history when galaxies began to form.

• Learn more about the formation and role of supermassive black holes.

• Learn more about the history of the…