Brilliant Blunders

by | Nov 27, 2014 | Events, Talk

Brilliant Blunders Even the greatest scientists have made some serious blunders, "Brilliant Blunders" concerns the evolution of life on Earth, of the Earth itself, of stars, and of the universe as a whole. In this talk, I shall concentrate on and...

Quantifying Dark Energy using Cosmic Lensing

by | Nov 26, 2014 | Events, Talk

Quantifying Dark Energy using Cosmic Lensing I will describe the great potential and possible limitations of using the bending of light by gravity (gravitational lensing) to constrain the mysterious dark energy which seems to dominate the contents of our Universe. In...

Fermi i les sorpreses del cel en rajos gamma [NOT TRANSLATED]

by | Nov 13, 2014 | Events, Talk

Fermi i les sorpreses del cel en rajos gamma [NOT TRANSLATED] In its first six years of operations, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revolutionized our view of the gamma-ray Universe. The Large Area Telescope (LAT), the main instrument onboard Fermi, has...

Fermi and the surprises of the gamma-ray sky

by | Nov 13, 2014 | Events, Talk

Fermi and the surprises of the gamma-ray sky In its first six years of operations, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revolutionized our view of the gamma-ray Universe. The Large Area Telescope (LAT), the main instrument onboard Fermi, has discovered more than...