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Poster titled "James Webb Space Telescope: A New Era in Astronomy" featuring a vivid space scene with stars and galaxies. Text at the bottom explains the image was captured during The Extended Groth Strip 1 and 2 survey using Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), aimed at studying star and planet formation and stellar evolution in two nearby super star clusters.

The Four Pillars of Quantum

2024 IDL Photo contest winner poster image

Carina Nebula (James Webb Telescope) poster image

First Deep Field (James Webb Telescope) poster image

Southern Ring Nebula (James Webb Telescope) poster image

Stephans Quintet (James Webb Telescope) poster image

Year of Glass poster image

Celebrating Black Innovators poster image

International Day of Light 2024 Poster

International Day of Light 2023 poster image

International Day of Light 2021 poster image

International Day of Light poster image

60 Years of Laser Innovation poster image

Luminaries of Optics and Photonics poster image

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