World Science Festival: "Time Is of The Essence... or Is It?" (Day 2)
David Z. Albert, Vijay Balasubramanian, Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin
What is time? The question has preoccupied philosophers and scientists for centuries. Isaac Newton described time as absolute, but Einstein proved that time is relative, and, shockingly, that time and space are…
World Science Festival Event: "Until The End of Time" (Day 1)
Vijay Balasubramanian, Janna Levin, Lee Smolin
Could time as we know it come to an end? Does the very question blow your mind a little? Come with us to explore this idea by examining the Big Bang and the mysteries of black holes, where, according to the laws of…
Special Astro Seminar: Magneto Is Not A Hero: "The Galactic Magnetic Field and the Formation of Density Structures in the Interstellar Medium as Revealed by Planck"
Juan Diego Soler (IAS)
Planck has produced the first all-sky map of the polarized emission from dust at submillimeter wavelengths. Compared with earlier ground-based and balloon-borne observations this survey is an immense step forward…