The Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor Catherine Heymans will be joining us remotely on Wednesday 25th September to talk to us about The Dark Side of the Universe.
Just over 95% of our Universe comes in the shrouded form of dark energy and matter that we can neither explain nor directly detect. Together, these two dark entities play out an epic cosmic battle with the gravity of dark matter slowly pulling structures in the Universe together, and dark energy fuelling the Universe’s accelerated expansion, making it ever harder for those structures to grow.
Catherine Heymans has used the world’s best telescopes to map out the invisible dark matter in our Universe and confront different theories on the dark Universe. She will explore this dark enigma and explain why she thinks in order to truly understand the dark Universe, we will need some new physics that will forever change our cosmic view
Catherine is a Professor of Astrophysics at the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh, based at the Royal Observatory and she currently holds a European Research Council Consolidator Grant Fellowship.
Her research focusses on cosmology, specifically making detailed observations of the Dark Universe. She co-leads the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) and the ESO the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS).
Catherine will be joining us at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy by Zoom and the main talk will be pre-recorded. The Q&A will be live.
Talks are held in the Gallery of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy each month for members and those interested in astronomy/stargazing. There is a £5 fee for non-members (refundable if you become a member). £2.50 fee for students. Free for accompanied 16 or under. Non-members can register to come along via our box office https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bath-astronomers/t-krxagld
Doors open at 7:15pm. The event commences at 7:30pm with an introduction and update of what is going on in the society and the night sky before handing over to the speaker. Last entry at 7:40pm for those running late.
The venue is Herschel Museum of Astronomy, 19 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL.