Cosmology in Crisis? In Conversation with Experts for Free Speech Week

It has been a year of curveballs for cosmology. Surprising recent findings have stemmed from major scientific collaborations recently, including with the new James Webb Space Telescope, NANOGrav and other efforts involving astronomers and physicists, including here at UT Austin.

In conjunction with UT Free Speech Week, join us for a lively conversation with College of Natural Sciences faculty to explore questions such as:

• What exactly was going on in the early universe?
• What might we be misunderstanding about dark energy and dark matter?
• Do our cosmological models from physics need to be rethought in context of the latest discoveries?

This event is free and open to all.

Conversation participants will be:

• Kimberly Boddy, Assistant Professor of Physics
• Mike Boylan-Kolchin, Professor of Astronomy
• Karl Gebhardt, Professor of Astronomy

• Julian Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Astronomy

• Can Kilic, Associate Professor of Physics

Moderated by Marc Airhart, science communicator and podcast host for “Point of Discovery.”