Looking Further Back Into the Universe & More

Please join the Wilton Library for a journey into the universe. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021. After 29 days of deployment, several months of calibration, and a one million-mile journey, the telescope is sending back incredible images, telling us more about the beginning of the Universe and raising more questions for further exploration.

This presentation by Andy Poniros will discuss the challenges of building and making the telescope operational: how the JWST will search for other Earth-like planets around other stars, what it will tell us more about the early Universe after the Big Bang, the telescope’s latest discoveries, and future observations, through audio, video, and striking images sent back from the JWST that are better than scientists had ever expected.

Andy Poniros has been a NASA volunteer since 1997. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and has worked as a Medical Imaging Engineer for 48 years. He is a science correspondent & radio show host for a local Connecticut radio station, an amateur astronomer, and telescope maker.

Registration required. Please register online or call 203-762-6334. For more information, contact asato@wiltonlibrary.org.