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Exploring cosmic acceleration

Astronomy Club

The Sunshine Coast chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada presents Simon Fraser University physics professor Dr. Levon Pogosian at its next meeting on May 8 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Pogosian’s topic will be: From Static to Expanding to Accelerating: the past 100 years and the next 20. The meeting gets underway at 7:30 p.m.

The lecture will review the history leading to the astounding discovery of cosmic acceleration in 1998 and the challenges that cosmologists are addressing today.

For details www.coastastronomy.ca.