Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/30/2026
7:00 pm
Location
The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall
Category(ies)
Shining a Light on Dark Matter Talk (Photo – Carnegie Science)
What really makes up the stuff of the universe? Carnegie Science tackles the topic for the third of its free lectures: “Shining a Light on Dark Matter” on Monday, March 30, 2026, at 7:00 pm, given by Andrew Robertson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Science Observatories.
Robertson is the third of four speakers ready to share some of the most exciting topics in astronomy, including dark matter, the ancient universe, exoplanet interiors, and the origins of water on rocky planets.
Carnegie’s website details the March 30th topic: “Carnegie Science Observatories postdoc Andrew Robertson focuses on one of the key mysteries in contemporary astronomy: the nature of dark matter. We know that this mysterious form of matter makes up about 85 percent of the mass in the universe, but astronomers still don’t know exactly what it is. Drawing on his experience as a former postdoc at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Robertson will explain how astronomers came to believe that dark matter exists, and how some gargantuan collisions of galaxy clusters—particularly the famous “Bullet Cluster”—provide some of the strongest supporting evidence for its existence. He’ll demonstrate how these extreme cosmic collisions can be used to probe the fundamental properties of dark matter itself.”
The lectures are held in Rothenberg Hall at The Huntington. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., the program will begin with a brief musical performance at 7:00 p.m., and the lectures will commence at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are free, but reservations are required, available here. Available beginning March 17th at 10:00 am.
Reservations for each subsequent lecture will go online the morning after the prior evening’s talk. Each program will also be live streamed on Carnegie Science’s YouTube channel where you can also view previous lectures.
The remaining series lecture scheduled is:
Monday, April 13, 7:00 pm
How to Look Inside an Exoplanet
Shreyas Vissapragada | George Ellery Hale Distinguished Scholar, Carnegie Science Observatories
Carnegie Science Lecture "Shining a Light on Dark Matter" Doors Open: 6:30 pm Music: 7:00 pm Lecture: 7:30 pm Location The Huntington Rothenberg Hall 1151 Oxford Rd San Marino, CA 91108
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