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This month's speakers are Dr. Chris
Mihos (CWRU Astronomy
Dept.) and Dr. Dan Akerib (CWRU Physics Dept.).
Science Cafe is sponsored by the CWRU
chapter of Sigma Xi, WGBH Boston, and Great Lakes
Brewing Company. A few
free appetizers will be provided, and participants are
welcome to purchase
additional food and drinks.
When we look out into space, we see only a small fraction of what'sout there. The visible stars, galaxies, dust, and gas comprise onlyabout 15% of the total mass in the universe - the remaining 85% isthought to be in the form of strangely elusive "dark matter."
How do we detect this dark matter? What could it be? Is it really there?Join astronomer Chris Mihos and particle physicist Dan Akerib for adiscussion of these questions and more!
When we look out into space, we see only a small fraction of what'sout there. The visible stars, galaxies, dust, and gas comprise onlyabout 15% of the total mass in the universe - the remaining 85% isthought to be in the form of strangely elusive "dark matter."
How do we detect this dark matter? What could it be? Is it really there?Join astronomer Chris Mihos and particle physicist Dan Akerib for adiscussion of these questions and more!