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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-bat
 tle-big-bang-new-tales-our-cosmic
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON N2H 2H1 Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk -Battle of the Big Bang: The new tales of our\n
 cosmic origins (Niayesh Afshordi)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Most of us are taught that the universe began with a giant expl
 osion\ncalled the Big Bang. But what if that picture is incomplete—or ev
 en\nwrong? In this month's KPL astronomy talk\, Niayesh Afshordi will\nexp
 lore the growing cracks in our standard cosmic origin story and\nintroduce
  rival ideas that challenge the very notion of a beginning of\ntime.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-cos
 mic-mirages-seeing-dark-matter
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Meeting room D+E) 85 Queen Street N Kitc
 hener ON Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - Cosmic Mirages: Seeing Dark Matter with\nGrav
 itational Lenses (Mike Hudson)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Most of the matter in the Universe is dark matter: an elusive p
 article\nthat is completely invisible. But we can “see” this matter by
 \nstudying how it distorts the light from galaxies in the distant\nUnivers
 e\, a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. In this month's\nKPL astron
 omy talk\, Mike Hudson will give a whirlwind tour of\ngravitational lensin
 g’s “greatest hits” showing how it can be\nused as a tool to underst
 and some of the most mysterious things in the\nUniverse: from black holes 
 to the “cosmic web” of dark matter that\nlinks galaxies together.
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 letons-galaxys-closet-ana-ennis
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk -Skeletons in the Galaxy's Closet (Ana Ennis)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Globular clusters are ancient groups of stars found in every si
 ngle\ngalaxy\, and they are key tools for studying the evolution of the\nU
 niverse. These dense cosmic cities contain some of the oldest stars\nin ex
 istence\, offering us a glimpse back in time. In this month’s\nKPL astro
 nomy talk\, Ana Ennis will teach us what globular clusters\nare\, how we t
 hink they are made\, and all the things we can learn from\nthem\, from bla
 ck hole formation to galaxy evolution.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-fir
 st-three-minutes-encieh-erfani
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - The FIrst Three Minutes (Encieh Erfani)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The first three minutes after the Big Bang shaped the entire hi
 story\nof our Universe. In this month’s KPL astronomy talk\, Encieh Erfa
 ni\n(Perimeter Institute) will take us on a journey back to these\nformati
 ve moments\, exploring how matter\, light\, and the building\nblocks of to
 day’s cosmos first emerged\, all in just 180 seconds of\ncosmic history.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-map
 ping-millions-galaxies-desi-dustin
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - Mapping Millions of Galaxies with DESI (Dusti
 n\nLang)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is helping scie
 ntists\nto produce the largest and most comprehensive map of galaxies ever
 \nseen. This map is then being used by cosmologists to understand the\ngro
 wth of the Universe over cosmic time. In this month’s KPL\nastronomy tal
 k\, Dustin Lang will discuss the technology behind this\ninnovative experi
 ment\, and how these advances have allowed\ncosmologists to make insights 
 that change our view of the Universe.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-cos
 mic-trailblazers-women-astronomy-and
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - Cosmic Trailblazers: Women in Astronomy and\n
 Astrophysics (Lammim Ahad)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Our knowledge and understanding about the Universe at present d
 ay\nbrings together various famous discoveries made by astronomers. Many\n
 of these discoveries were made by women who never became household\nnames.
  In this month’s KPL astronomy talk\, Lammim Ahad will discuss\nsome of 
 the important work done by women who contributed significantly\nto astrono
 my and astrophysics\, but whose contributions were often\nunderappreciated
  or unrecognized at the time.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-gal
 axies-clusters-and-biggest-things
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Branch)\, Meeting Room D+E 85 Qu
 een Street North Kitchener ON N2H 2H1 Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - Galaxies\, Clusters\, and the Biggest Things 
 in\nthe Universe (Roan Haggar)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Astrophysics deals with structures of incredible sizes and scal
 es. But\nwhat are the biggest things out there\, and how big can something
 \nactually get? In this month’s KPL astronomy talk\, Roan Haggar will\ns
 peak about galaxy clusters\, the largest objects in our Universe that\nare
  held together by gravity\, discussing what clusters are made from\nand wh
 at we can learn by studying them.
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 ermassive-black-holes-how-tiny-titans
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Branch)\, Meeting Room D+E 85 Qu
 een Street North Kitchener ON N2H 2H1 Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - Supermassive Black Holes: How Tiny Titans Sha
 pe\nGalaxies (Marie-Joëlle Gingras)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Supermassive black holes\, though tiny compared to their host g
 alaxies\,\nplay a crucial role in shaping galaxy evolution. In this month
 ’s KPL\nastronomy talk\, Marie-Joëlle Gingras will explore how these co
 smic\nbeasts influence their surroundings through a process known as Activ
 e\nGalactic Nucleus feedback\, regulating star formation and transforming\
 ngalaxies over billions of years.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250226T190000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-sta
 ndard-ruler-measure-universe-big-bang
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON N2H 2H1 Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - A Standard Ruler to Measure the Universe: Fro
 m\nthe Big Bang to the Present Day (Will Percival)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Universe is big – so big that measuring its size is incre
 dibly\ndifficult. By mapping out the positions of galaxies\, cosmologists 
 can\ntrace the structure of the Universe\, observing patterns in this\nstr
 ucture that can be used as a ruler. In this month’s KPL astronomy\ntalk\
 , Dr. Will Percival will talk about this technique\, called Baryon\nAcoust
 ic Oscillations\, highlighting how we came to learn that the\nUniverse is 
 expanding at an accelerating rate.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-hun
 t-planets-and-life-beyond-earth
LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que
 en St N Kitchener ON Canada
SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk - The hunt for planets and life beyond Earth\n(
 Michael Balogh)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other
  stars\,\nopening a new chapter in our understanding of the Universe and o
 ur\nplace in it. In this month’s KPL astronomy talk\, Dr. Michael Balogh
 \nwill discuss how scientists find and study these distant worlds\, and\nh
 ow upcoming technology will help us search for life beyond our solar\nsyst
 em.
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