Gravitational Lensing — Through the Cosmic Looking Glass
Presented by Prof. Chihway Chang
University of Chicago
Presentation begins at 8 pm

Free event!

Exciting science, art and socializing
Donation bar
Vegan snacks

Gravity bends light, in a similar way to a wine glass on the dinner table distorting the light of a candle behind it. This phenomenon is called gravitational lensing. For cosmologists, this is one of the most straightforward ways to measure the distribution of  “stuff,” or mass, in the Universe.

Professor Chang will describe several different types of gravitational lensing and present results from some current experiments.