Stockholm university

Science Today – an exploration of space

Event

Date: Friday 16 September 2022

Time: 18.00 – 21.00

Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Gamla Stan

A conversation about current research into space, hosted by Olof Somell of the Nobel Prize Museum. Nushkia Chamba, postdoc at Stockholm University, will present her research on galaxy formation and evolution, dark matter and its connection to the limits of star formation in galaxies beyond the Milky Way, and together with colleagues from Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, she will explore contemporary research in the field.

Science Today – an exploration of space
Region NGC 3324 in the Carina nebula. Photo: James Webb Telescope/Nasa.
 

Nushkia Chamba, postdoc at the Oskar Klein Centre

Nushkia Chamba at postdoc at the Oskar Klein Centre
Nushkia Chamba at postdoc at the Oskar Klein Centre

Dr. Nushkia Chamba, currently, postdoctoral Fellow at the Oskar Klein Centre will present her research during the event. Nushkia uses long exposure and deep images to study the faintest outskirts of galaxies. Her work sheds light on galaxy formation and evolution, dark matter and its connection to the limits of star formation in galaxies beyond the Milky Way. She participates in various large, international collaborations such as Vera Rubin Observatory Dark Energy Science and Galaxies Science Collaborations. She also brings her research and experience closer to the global scientific community via mentorships and events at her past institutes and universities abroad.

 

Science Today 

Science Today is a collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. The evening’s speakers are doctoral students and postdoctoral students from Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Stockholm University.

The event aims to look into the world of science and technology and to create an opportunity for doctoral students, researchers and other enthusiasts with an interest in scientific research to meet and discuss.

After our first meeting The Complexity of the Brain, we will now dive deeper into the infinity of space and take the temperature of where space research is today.

The range of the Nobel Prizes related to space extends from the largest to the smallest possible entities. From the question of how stars are born and shine, to the smallest particles that cross the earth. The 2019 physics laureates, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, discovered the first exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – orbiting a solar-type star. Since then, more than 4,000 exoplanets have been found in the Milky Way. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries about one of the universe’s strangest phenomena in space; black holes. Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes and Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez discovered that something invisible and extremely heavy controls the stars’ orbit near the center of our galaxy. A supermassive black hole is the only explanation known today.

The evening’s conversation takes place in English and is led by the Nobel Prize Museum’s Olof Somell. After the conversation, the evening continues with networking mingle, a good opportunity for new ideas and contacts to take shape. A DJ will also set the right mood for this late night at the museum.

 

Tickets

To purchase tickets, visit the website of the Nobel Prize Museum: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/science-today-an-exploration-of-space/