Each year the Carnegie Observatories of Pasadena, Calif., organizes a series of public lectures on current astronomical topics. These lectures are given by astronomers from the Carnegie Observatories as well as other research institutions. The lectures, held in Friends’ Hall at the Huntington Library, are geared to the general public and are free.
Tony Piro, the George Ellery Hale Distinguished Scholar in Theoretical Astrophysics at the Carnegie Observatories, discusses how scientists are combining observations with theoretical modeling to unravel the mysteries of supernovae. This talk is part of the Carnegie Astronomy Lecture Series at...
Published 04/03/17
Light from the first stars and quasars appeared millions of years after the Big Bang, but some of it arrives at Earth every day, 14 billion years later. Astronomer Alan Dressler discusses what scientists have been able to see of the universe’s cosmic beginnings and how ambitious new telescopes...
Published 04/04/11
Ninety-five percent of the universe is missing, cosmologists say, and most of the missing pieces are made up of dark matter and dark energy. Renowned physicist Edward W. “Rocky” Kolb discusses new experiments and technologies that scientists are using to better measure and understand dark matter,...
Published 03/21/11