Talk Synopsis: The James Webb Space Telescope is the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and is scheduled to be launched later this year. Not many people know that this huge infrared telescope is going to be used to look at objects in our own solar-system. From planetary atmospheres, like the topic of my PhD, to Kuiper Belt Objects and Comets, Webb is equipped to observe them all. So, what is the Webb and what big science questions may it help to answer?’

About the Speaker: Naomi is a final year PhD student at the University of Leicester, specialising in the atmospheres of the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune. She uses data from the Spitzer Space Telescope to characterise the stratospheres of the two planets in preparation for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).