Lecture: Exploding Stars & Dark Energy | Berkeley

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Come learn about the science behind the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. Dr. Jeff Silverman will discuss his research on supernovae, the colossal explosions of dying stars.

Supernovae are so bright they can briefly outshine a whole galaxy and be seen toward the edge of the Universe. Observations of supernovae provided the first proof that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, likely due to a repulsive and mysterious “dark energy”.

Talks take place in the Genetics and Plant Biology Building, Room 100, on the north-west corner of the UC Berkeley campus (see map).

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