A A A

Society Monthly Meetings
Wgtn 25th Mar,  Wai 26th Mar
Read More

 

AstronomyNZ

Home arrow Phoenix Astronomical Society arrow Society Meetings 19.03.2010

Main Menu

Home
Phoenix Astronomical Society
Stonehenge-Aotearoa
Maori Astronomy
The Night Sky
Almanac
Stardate 2009 Review
AstroShop
About Us
Society Meetings Print E-mail

MARCH SOCIETY MEETINGS

Thursday March 25th 7:00pm at Turnbull House, Wellington

Friday March 26th at 7:00pm at the Phoenix Clubrooms, Ahiaruhi, Wairarapa

Inflation

Presented By Antony Gomez

In 1981 a young physicist, Alan Guth, came up with an absurd idea: just 10-35 seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe went through a period of ultra-fast expansion. It ended a mere fraction later, 10-32 seconds after the Big Bang, yet the Universe had grown some 1078 times larger in volume. No one can prove this inflation actually happened or suggest a compelling reason as to why it should have. There is little direct evidence that inflation took place but the idea seems to nevertheless solve several major problems in cosmology. Inflation is now well established as an essential component of cosmology. Observations of the cosmic microwave background are consistent with the idea but that doesn’t mean it actually took place. So how confident can we be that inflation is really part of the Universe’s history?


Documentary

The Universe – Episode 1: Beyond the Big Bang

The universe began with a massive expansion, billions and billions of years ago, and it continues to expand with every passing second. The idea that the universe, and our very existence, began with a "Big Bang" is no longer a topic of debate among most scientists--it is essentially taken as fact. How we have come to this conclusion, and how has our knowledge evolved so that we can recreate the very first seconds of our universe and all that has developed since? Interviews with the world's leading physicists and historians are woven together with animated recreations and first-person accounts to explain concepts such as the formation of galaxies, the creation of elements and the formation of Earth itself

============================================================

Wellington Society Meeting

Thursday March 25th 7:00pm at Turnbull House, Wellington

7:00 pm  Summer Night Sky - Audio visual

7:30 pm   Society News

7:45 pm   Antony Gomez – Inflation

8:45 pm   Supper

9:00pm   The Universe – Episode 1: Beyond the Big Bang

============================================================

 

Wairarapa Society Meeting

 

Friday March 26th at 7:00pm at the Phoenix Clubrooms, Ahiaruhi, Wairarapa
 

7:00 pm   Summer Night Sky - Audio visual

7:30 pm   Society News

7:45 pm   Antony Gomez - Inflation

8:45 pm   Supper

9:00pm   The Universe – Episode 1: Beyond the Big Bang

============================================================

 

 
< Prev
[ Back ]
 
TOP