# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Astronomy Lecture: The First Billion Years of the Universe
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 07:15 pm
- **Event Description**: Please join the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for our June 23 general meeting featuring Dr. Ryan Farber, Adjunct Professor of Physics at Purdue University, who will discuss the perplexing puzzles revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.  Dr. Farber will explain the telescope’s discovery of more massive galaxies and supermassive black holes than initially expected from cosmological models, among other discoveries. The meeting starts at 7:15 p.m. with a short “What’s Up?” by MDAS member John Corlett, who will discuss Free Electron Lasers, and why we should care about them.  Our meetings are held in the Lindsay Wildlife Experience Community Room, 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
The Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society's past monthly lectures are available online on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0b_iOjsBldgdjs4aEOas_w?app=desktop 
Check our web site www.mdas.net or email outreachinfo@mdas.net
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/walnut-creek/astronomy-lecture-the-first-billion-years-of-the-universe/200030221644912
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Walnut Creek
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Lindsay Wildlife Experience
- **lat**: 37.923385051156
- **long**: -122.07572221756
- **full address**: Lindsay Wildlife Experience, 1931 First Avenue,Walnut Creek, California, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Astronomy Lecture: The First Billion Years of the Universe being held?
  - **A:** Astronomy Lecture: The First Billion Years of the Universe takes place on Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 07:15 pm to Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 07:15 pm at Lindsay Wildlife Experience, 1931 First Avenue,Walnut Creek, California, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Astronomy Lecture: The First Billion Years of the Universe?
  - **A:** Astronomy Lecture: The First Billion Years of the Universe is organized by Mount Diablo Astronomical Society.

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