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Date and times Originally hosted on Thursday 30 January 2025
Prices Free for Members

The most advanced and most expensive telescope ever built, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day 2021.

Three years on from the launch, we're joined by Royal Observatory astronomer Catherine Muller to discuss what we've learned from the telescope.

What can we see in the images it has captured and how will this help us with an even greater understanding of the Universe and our place within it?

Couldn't make it for the webinar? Watch back the event online here:

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Explore the treasures of the National Maritime Museum with one of our expert guides
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Tuesday 11 and Thursday 20 August | 10.30-11am
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Join author Alan Harper as he recounts the extraordinary life of Royal Navy warrant officer Greenvile Collins, the subject of his book Master & Cartographer
Tuesday 15 September | 6.30-7.30pm
Free for Members
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Image banner: James Webb Space Telescope (DAVID HIGGINBOTHAM / NASA)