{"id":46,"date":"2024-02-12T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2024-03-15T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:37:53","slug":"special-event-cosmic-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/special-event-cosmic-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Event: Cosmic Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unveiling the First Billion Years in the History of the Universe - Revolutionary JWST Observations\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hFoO5c3XCQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Unveiling the First Billion Years in the History of the Universe with Revolutionary New JWST Observations<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>How did the Universe form and how did it evolve at the very beginning? The major cosmology experts worldwide will be convening in the neutral and welcoming environment at ISSI to discuss specific questions like <em>\u201eWhere did the stars in the first galaxies form and how extreme were they?\u201c<\/em>,\u00a0<em>\u201eIn what ways are the first galaxies unique?\u201c<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>\u201eAre \u00a0new \u00a0discoveries challenging the cosmological framework?\u201c<\/em>. \u00a0The new revolutionary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), one of the most ambitious scientific experiments of the 21st century, are adding new energy to the debate on the beginning of the Universe, and are challenging our current understanding.<\/p>\n<p>ISSI takes this opportunity to bring the very latest news to the public by hosting a lecture followed a panel discussion with the scientific experts to debate fundamental open questions and the new insights into the chronology of the first Billion years of the Universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>17:30 Welcome remarks<\/strong><br \/>\nAntonella Nota, ISSI Bern<br \/>\nChristoph Mordasini, University of Bern<br \/>\nRenato Krpoun, Swiss Space Office<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:40 What is the James Webb Space Telescope?<\/strong><br \/>\nSusan Kassin, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:00 Unveiling the First Billion Years in the History of the Universe with Revolutionary New JWST Observations<\/strong><br \/>\nPascal Oesch, University of Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:30 \u2018Cosmic beginnings\u2019 panel discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nJane Rigby, NASA GSFC, USA<br \/>\nPascal Oesch, University of Geneva, Switzerland<br \/>\nAlice Shapley, University of California, Los Angeles, USA<br \/>\nWilly Benz, University of Bern, Switzerland<br \/>\nSusan Kassin, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA<br \/>\nClaus Beisbart, University of Bern, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unveiling the First Billion Years in the History of the Universe with Revolutionary New JWST Observations How did the Universe form and how did it evolve at the very beginning? The major cosmology experts worldwide will be convening in the neutral and welcoming environment at ISSI to discuss specific questions like \u201eWhere did the stars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workshops.issibern.ch\/first-billion-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}