Tag: cosmology
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Jay Pasachoff, Williams College – Today’s Total Solar Eclipse
There is a total solar eclipse today and Jay Pasachoff and his team are in direct position to observe this majestic cosmic phenomenon. Dr. Jay Pasachoff is Director of Hopkins Observatory, Chair of the Astronomy Department, and Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard and was one of the…
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Paul Matthew Sutter, Ohio State – Cosmological Nothingness
The concept of nothingness is very different in outer space. Paul Matthew Sutter, a theoretical physicist at The Ohio State, discusses nothing through the lens of cosmology. Dr. Paul Matthew Sutter is the INFN Fellow in Theoretical Physics at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste and Visiting Scholar at Ohio State University. Paul received his Ph.D.…
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Chandra Wickramasighe – University of Buckingham – Cosmic Beginnings
How life began on Earth remains one of the main foci of scientists the world over. Dr. Chandra Wickramasighe, a renowned astro-biologist at The University of Buckingham, offers his thoughts on a cosmological starting point for life on our planet. Chandra Wickramasinghe is acknowledged as a leading expert on interstellar material and astrobiology. He has…