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: […]

Speaker: Shah Mohammad Bahauddin, PhD, Research Faculty, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Abstract: The next frontier of astronomy lies in leveraging the unique environments of space and the Moon to unlock unprecedented scientific discoveries. This presentation will explore the speaker's journey of transforming […]

Speaker: Istiak Akib, PhD candidate, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA), Observatoire de Paris, Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL). Abstract: Fitting the flat rotation curves of the Galaxies indicate vast majority of the matter content in the galaxies is dark matter, even higher than the cosmological estimate of 85% and giving rise […]

Speaker: Tanveer Karim, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, and a member of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration and the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC). Abstract: Over the past decade, cosmology has encountered significant tensions between different measurements of key cosmological parameters, particularly […]