Put your questions about anything astronomy or cosmology related to researchers from the ICG.
About this Event
What is a black hole? How did galaxies form? How big is the Universe? If you have a question, big or small, about anything astronomy or cosmology related that you've always wanted to know the answer to, this is your chance to ask! Over the course of this Q&A session, ICG researchers Dr Andrew Williamson, Dr Albert Izard, Dr Daniela Saadeh, and Dr Daniel Whalen will do their best to answer any questions you want to submit to them.
This Q&A will take place online on YouTube, with the link being emailed to registered attendees 48 hours before the event. If you register within 48 hours of the event then the link will be emailed to you 1 hour before the start time. Questions can be submitted in advance using a form that will be sent to attendees upon registration, or there will be the opportunity to submit questions during the event itself using the chat function on the live stream.
If you have any accessibility requirements to assist your viewing of this event (e.g. closed captioning, screen readable digital copies of slides in advance) please contact us so we can discuss this with you further.
About the panellists
Andrew Williamson (host) is a postdoctoral fellow at the ICG and his work involves detecting gravitational waves coming from colliding pairs of black holes and neutron stars in deep space.
Albert Izard is a postdoctoral fellow at the ICG and his research focuses on how galaxies form, evolve and are pulled together in galaxy groups by the force of gravity, leaving vast gaps of empty regions in between. Using large computers to produce simulations, we can better understand the laws of physics governing the Universe.
Daniela Saadeh is a postdoctoral fellow at the ICG and her work involves searching for extra fundamental forces in the Universe, i.e. new forces different from the ones we already know about, like gravity or electromagnetism.
Daniel Whalen is a Senior Lecturer in Cosmology at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG), which he joined in 2016. He and his research group develop supercomputer models of the formation of the first stars, supernovae, and supermassive black holes in the Universe.
About Virtual Pompey Stargazing 2021
This event is part of Virtual Pompey Stargazing 2021, a week-long programme of online astronomy events and activities organised by the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, in collaboration with the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Date And Time : Tue, 26 January 2021, 22:30 – 23:30 IST
