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Curious about how the universe actually works?

Join the experts from UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy to find out fun facts about everything from the Milky Way to radio waves in this new, accessible science series. All are welcome!

November: How did the Universe Begin?

In this talk we will explore how measurements we make today tell us the age of the Universe, and about conditions when it was much younger. We have very direct evidence for conditions when the Universe was one week old and when it was a few minutes old. With a specialized camera at the South pole we are probing the first tiny fraction of the first second.

Presenter: Mark Halpern is a Physics Professor at UBC who builds instruments to study cosmology. He studies the thermal glow from the early Universe with instruments put into deep space or at the peaks of the Chilean Andes or the glaciers of the South Pole.

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• Flexible seating options may be available upon request
• The expected noise level is moderate
• Participants may leave the room at any time

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