Astronomy lecture about The unseen at the Nobel Prize Museum
On March 13th the Nobel Prize Museum hosts a recurring science event focusing on The unseen. Giacomo Bortoli, doctoral student at the Department of Astronomy, is one of the presenters and will give a talk on how the James Webb Space Telescope has made it possible to observe previously unseen galaxies and phenomena inside them.
This JWST image shows the colliding galaxies NGC 4490 and NGC 4485.
Science Today is a recurring after work event at the Nobel Prize museum combining popular science presentations with discussions, music, food, and drinks. The theme for Friday the 13th of March is The Unseen where three young researchers from Stockholm University, Karolinska Institutet, and KTH will talk about their research.
During this evening, some of the most fascinating frontiers of natural sciences will be in focus. Here, researchers work with phenomena that are sometimes impossible to see with the human eye. From particles smaller than atoms to galaxies billions of light years away, advanced methods, models, and instruments that make the invisible visible will be explored. The speakers will talk about technologies such as telescopes, microscopes, and computer simulations, and how they open doors to worlds we could never have imagined.
Giacomo Bortolini, PhD student in astronomy at Stockholm University, will talk about “The Invisible Made Visible with the James Webb Space Telescope”. Since its launch in December 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already revolutionized modern astronomy. With its powerful “infrared eyes” and unprecedented resolution, JWST has opened entirely new windows onto our universe, from the formation and evolution of galaxies to the birth of stars and planets. In this talk, Giacomo Bortolini will present some of the most exciting and up to date discoveries made possible by JWST’s extraordinary capabilities, ranging from the most distant galaxies ever observed to stunning images of nearby galaxies seen like never before. All the work that is presented is currently being carried out within the Galaxy group at the Astronomy Department of Stockholm University.
More information
Nobel prize museum Science Today web page
Press release on Giacomo Bortolini’s latest scientific paper
Last updated: 2026-02-23
Source: Department of Astronomy