Where did we come from? What path leads us through the 13.8-billion-year history of the Universe, connecting the particles and energy of the Big Bang to the formation of galaxies like the Milky Way, stars like the Sun and planets like the Earth?

The James Webb Space Telescope, built by NASA in partnership with the European and Canadian Space Agencies, was designed to answer fundamental questions about the origins of galaxies, stars and planets, and to help us find our place in the Universe. Webb was launched on Christmas Day 2021 after 25 years of planning, design, development, construction, and testing. In this year’s Hendrik de Waard Lecture, Jonathan P. Gardner will discuss why the first science results from Webb have engaged the public and surprised the scientists, and which additional results can be expected in the years to come.

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Hendrik de Waard Lecture : Our Universe Through the James Webb Space Telescope