Who Should Attend?

Open to all, from curious bachelor students to anyone interested in the fascinating questions surrounding the emergence of life on Earth and elsewhere.

📢 Speaker: Prof. Ewine F. Dishoeck, (UL) - "Building stars, planets & the ingredients for life in space: now with JWST!"

Thousands of planets have been discovered around stars other than our Sun. But how and where are these exo-planets born, and why are they so different from those in our own solar system?  Which ingredients are available to build them?  Thanks to powerful new telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers can now zoom in to planetary construction sites and study their composition.  Water and a surprisingly rich variety of organic materials are found near forming stars and planets.  How are these molecules made under the extreme  conditions in space and can they be delivered to new planets to form  the basis for life elsewhere in the universe?