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Delve into some of the biggest open questions in our understanding of the Universe. This event brings together perspectives from particle physics and astronomy to explore mysteries ranging from the fundamental nature of matter to the ways we observe and interpret distant galaxies. Discover how scientists are using innovative approaches to uncover clues about the cosmos, from its smallest components to its largest structures.
The puzzling matter asymmetry of the Universe and the search for new particles
Nils Hermansson Truedsson
(Ernest Rutherford Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics)
If we look out into the Universe we observe an extreme asymmetry between the amounts of ordinary matter we are comprised of and antimatter. It is reasonable to believe the Universe was created with equal amounts of the two, so the origin of the asymmetry must be understood from fundamental particle physics. I will talk about how the puzzling asymmetry is connected to particle physics, why it cannot be explained currently, and how we might search for clues of what is missing.
Space Telescopes and Star Clusters
Veronika Dornan
(Postdoctoral researcher, University of Edinburgh)
How do astronomers take images of distance galaxies, how can they piece together the evolutionary history of those galaxies over billions of years, and why do we need to launch telescopes into space to do it? Join Veronika Dornan, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh to learn about why we study star clusters and how they relate to the galaxies they live inside.
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