Speakers: Dr. Francisco Lobo, Dr. Pedro Machado, &  Dr. Alexandre Cabral (FCUL, Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço).

Abstract: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 rewards new understanding of the universe’s structure and history, and the first discovery of a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system. This year’s Laureates have contributed to answering fundamental questions about our existence. What happened in the early infancy of the universe and what happened next? Could there be other planets out there, orbiting other suns?

One half of the prize was attributed to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.” In this seminar 3 researchers from FCUL will talk about the work on the laureates and how this has impacted on their current research interests.