Ice-stronomy on Tap: Winter Wonderland

Cosmology discussion is the focus of Ice-stronomy on Tap: Winter Wonderland, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Marz Community Brewing Company, 3630 S. Iron St., Chicago. Enjoy Marz brews while hearing the latest on space and the universe from two local astronomers as part of the Astronomy On Tap - Chicago event series.

University of Chicago PhD student Taylor Hoyt outlines our current era of precise cosmoloy thanks to tools like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chicago-led South Pole Telescope and the European Planck Satellite. His discussion will focus on the forefront of our understanding of the history of the universe and how we use that knowledge to predict the fate of our universe.

Cosmin Deaconu, a post-doctorate student at the University of Chicago and researcher with the ANITA experiment, talks about his adventures in Antarctica flying a balloon 25 miles above the ice shelf in a hunt for some of the most energetic particles in the universe. He'll discuss ultra-high-energy particles, long-duration ballooning, the ANITA mystery events and working on the harshest continent of them all.