October 19, 2005 Source: University of Toronto: http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/051019-1713.asp Illuminating the darkness: Lecture explores dawn of cosmos Oct 19/05
by Karen Kelly (about) (email) University of Toronto professor Bob Abraham will report on the search for the very first stars and galaxies that lit up the baby universe some 13 billion years ago at the final public lecture of the series Cosmic Frontiers: Celebrating a Century of Astronomy at the University of Toronto on Friday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle. In the lecture, In Search of Cosmic Dawn, Abraham will describe the universe soon after the Big Bang in a dark and bleak state, devoid of galaxies, stars, planets or even the basic elements of life. This cosmic Dark Age ended with the onset of the First Light – the light emitted when the first stars and galaxies were born – beginning the cycle of cosmic birth, death and rebirth. Abraham was the principal investigator of the Gemini Deep Deep Survey, an international project designed to study galaxies formed when the universe was only a few billion years old. His many awards include the Steacie Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and U of T’s Outstanding Teaching Award. This lecture series is presented by the University of Toronto Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in partnership with the Ontario Science Centre and the Astronomy and Space Exploration Society. For more information, please visit www.astro.utoronto.ca. A limited number of free tickets will be available at the door. Contact: Professor Ray Jayawardhana, U of T Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics,
416-946-7291; e-mail: rayjay@astro.utoronto.ca | 