Public lecture: A new way of looking at the sky

ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics director Professor Bryan Gaensler will explain some of the amazing discoveries we are making about the Universe.
Date: Tuesday 18 September 2012
Time: 6:45pm for 7pm start. Lecture: 7pm to 8pm
Venue: Tim Winton Lecture Theatre, Building 213, Bentley campus
RSVP: This event is free but seats are limited, so please RSVP by
14 September to curtinspeakerpublic.eventbrite.com.au. If you have any special requirements to enable you to attend this event please advise prior to the event. For more, see the Disability at Curtin website.

About the lecture

Ever since Galileo first turned a telescope to the sky, the push has been to build telescopes that reveal ever more detail. But despite all the many discoveries astronomers have made over the centuries, there are still fundamental unsolved problems about the Cosmos.

• How has the universe evolved from the Big Bang to the present day?
• What is the extreme physics that drives the sudden changes we see in the night sky?
• What are the dark energy and dark matter that make up 95 per cent of the Universe?

Professor Gaensler will describe the exciting technology that is taking shape across Australia, and will explain the amazing discoveries that we are making about the Universe through this bold new approach.

About the speaker

Professor Bryan Gaensler is an award-winning astronomer and author, internationally recognised for his groundbreaking work on dying stars, interstellar magnets and cosmic explosions. A former Young Australian of the Year, NASA Hubble Fellow and Harvard professor, Professor Gaensler is now an Australian Laureate Fellow at The University of Sydney, and Director of the Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics. His popular astronomy book Extreme Cosmos was published worldwide in July 2012, and is now being translated into nine other languages

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