Speaker: Syeda Lammim Ahad, PhD, WCA Postdoctoral Fellow, Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, University of Waterloo, Canada; Associate Member, CASSA. Abstract: Galaxies in the Universe are distributed along the intricate framework of the Cosmic Web. Groups and clusters of galaxies comprise the densest regions in this network and therefore, are excellent cosmic laboratories to study different […]

Speaker: Lamiya Ashraf Mowla, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wellesley College, USA. Abstract: The most distant galaxies observed date back to when the Universe was only 5% of its current age, with progenitors of galaxies like the Milky Way being about 10,000 times less massive. Using JWST and the magnification provided by […]

Speaker: Syed A Uddin, PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, USA. The Known Unknowns of Observational Cosmology: Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe from Carnegie Supernova Project Abstract: In the era of precision cosmology, where percent-level accuracy in measurements is now within reach, we are still confronted with profound enigmas: […]