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BLACK HOLES, SPACE AND TIME – CLIFFORD JOHNSON PUBLIC LECTURE

Dr. Clifford Johnson, professor of physics & astronomy at the University of Southern California, will take us on a whirlwind tour of Black Holes, Space & Time while sharing his experiences as a science adviser to television and movies, including Marvel superhero movies. His graphic novel Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe, will be available for sale with a book signing following questions and answers. The event will take place April 10 starting at 5:30 at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. This talk is part of the NC Science Festival and reservations available through the Morehead‘s site.

Black Holes, Time & Space with Dr. Clifford Johnson | NC Science Festival < back to calendar Signature Event Black Holes, Time & Space with Dr. Clifford Johnson TOPICS: Art & Design,Earth & Space Sciences,Physics,Science & Society EVENT TYPE: Indoor Event,Performance/Talk WHEN4/10 (Tuesday)from 5:30pm - 7:00pm2018-04-10 21:30:002018-04-10 23:00:00America/New_YorkBla.....

There is a public event featuring CoSMS members on March 6th @ 7:00pm.

https://cosms.unc.edu/events/

ASTRONOMY ON TAP: The End of the World & Finding New Worlds with Tiny Telescopes
Astronomy on Tap will meet at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham and will be led by 2 CoSMS members.
o Dr. Chris Clemens (UNC-CH) will discuss all the ways the world can end.
o Dr. Nick Law (UNC-CH) will talk about how to find extrasolar planets with tiny telescopes.

Astronomy on Tap events provide a venue for short outreach talks (~20 min with plenty of time for questions) in a relaxed setting over beers — they are free, open to all ages, and start at 7 pm.

Events for March 2018

There are 2 free and open to the public events featuring CoSMS members the week of February 6th.

https://cosms.unc.edu/events/

February 6 @ 7:00 pm
*** ASTRONOMY ON TAP: The Beginning and End of the Universe
The first Astronomy on Tap event of 2018 at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham is focused on cosmology and the beginning and end of our Universe, led by 2 CoSMS members.
o Dr. Adrienne Erickcek (UNC-CH) will discuss the hot big bang and our expanding Universe.
o Dr. Katie Mack (NCSU) (http://www.astrokatie.com/) will talk about the future of the cosmos and how the Universe will likely come to an end. She also has a very large following on social media: https://twitter.com/AstroKatie
Astronomy on Tap events provide a venue for short outreach talks (~20 min with plenty of time for questions) in a relaxed setting over beers — they are free, open to all ages, and start at 7 pm.

February 7 @ 6:00 pm
***CAROLINA SCIENCE CAFÉ SERIES: STRING THEORY & THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF MATTER
Dr. Louise Dolan, CoSMS member and UNC’s Kenan Distinguished Professor of Physics, will discuss elementary particles, gravity, and how to understand the universe, kicking off the 2018 Carolina Science Café series at the Back Bar at Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill.
Hosted by the North Carolina Science Festival and the UNC-CH Chapter of Sigma Xi.

Events for February 2018

CoSMS is planning a public talk by Clifford Johnson in the spring, in conjunction with Carolina Seminars and the Morehead Planetarium. Dr. Johnson is a high energy physics professor at the University of Southern California, who is releasing a non-fiction science graphic novel about the nature of the universe in November 2017. More details about his upcoming talk will follow.

CoSMS Workshop on Naturalness: Coming Oct 21-23, 2016

April 21, 2016: Classical novae and the physics of exploding stars.

April 27, 2016: CoSMS Workshop on Thermonuclear Reaction Rates

Join CoSMS for Dr. Mark Hannam's talk on "Numerical Relativity and the Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy" at 4pm on July 18th in Phillips 328. This follows a UNC guest lecturer, Dr. Subinoy Das' talk on “Astrophysical Small Scale Signatures of Non-WIMP Dark Matter” at 3pm in Phillips 277.

Numerical Relativity and the Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy | CoSMS Institute Numerical Relativity and the Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy July 14, 2016By Jeannie Cox Prof. Mark Hannam, from the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University, will give a talk on Numerical Relativity and the Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy Abstract: Gravitational waves ha...

Takaaki Kajita and Art McDonald at the conclusion of their 2015 Nobel Prize lectures (taken by CoSMS' director)

In May 2015, CoSMS partnered with the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Laboratory to bring Neutrino Day–an annual celebration of neutrino science in Lead, South Dakota–to the triangle, venturing nearly a mile underground the Homestake mine in Lead, SD.