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          Leading astronomer to speak in celebration of international year of astronomy

          
            
              
                
                Published: October 07, 2009
              

              
                Author: Marissa Runkle
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Robert Kirshner, the Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University, will speak on “Exploding Stars and the Accelerating Cosmos: Einstein’s Blunder Undone” on Thursday (Oct. 8) at the University of Notre Dame.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hesburgh Library’s Carey Auditorium.

Kirshner will discuss recent observations of exploding stars located halfway across the universe that reveal that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. It appears that the universe is dominated by a mysterious “dark energy” that drives cosmic acceleration. Kirshner will explain the picture of the universe through a richly illustrated presentation including drawing his own first-hand account of the discovery.

Kirshner is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. In 2007, Kirshner and his colleagues of the High-Z Supernova Team shared the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. His award-winning book “The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos” has been translated into four languages.

Kirshner’s lecture is part of the 2009 international year of astronomy events at Notre Dame.  The lecture is sponsored by the Charles Edison Lecture Fund.

Contact:From: Marissa Runkle, College of Science, mrunkle@nd.edu, 574-631-4465

        

        
        
          
            

          

        
      
      
    
  
  
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