WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT:

The following event at the Space Telescope Science
Institute will be webcast live. The recorded webcast
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Hubble Space Telescope Public Lecture Series
at the
Space Telescope Science Institute




Speaker: Bahram Mobasher, Space Telescope Science Institute

Topic: Crisis in the Cosmos? Giant Galaxies in the Early Universe

Date: July 11, 2006

Time: 8 PM

Place: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Auditorium

Price: Free admission and free parking

Phone: 410-338-4700

Internet: http://hubblesite.org/about_us/public-talks.shtml


The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (HUDF) is the deepest image ever taken
of the universe, and reveals the most distant galaxies ever seen.
Combining HUDF with images from the Spitzer Space Telescope and
the largest ground-based telescopes, Dr. Mobasher and collaborators
have discovered a new population of extremely massive and evolved
galaxies close to the begining of the universe. How these galaxies
were formed within 500 Million years of the creation of the
universe and how they attained their very large mass are questions
which pose significant problems for existing scenarios for the
formation of galaxies and for observational cosmology.


Lectures on a diverse selection of cosmic topics are held
the first Tuesday of every month at 8 PM in the STScI
Auditorium, located at 3700 San Martin Drive on the Homewood
campus of Johns Hopkins University. Admission is free and free
parking is available in the lot across the street.

This lecture will be webcast live. The recorded webcast will
also be available for viewing online the following day. To
view the webcast, you may need to download and install
software. See the web site listed below in advance for
details.

Further information and directions are available by
calling 410-338-4700 or on the internet at:

http://hubblesite.org/about_us/public-talks.shtml