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Inflation

The Cosmology Interest Group is a
sub group of the Lincoln Hills Astronomy
Group. 
Meetings are in the form of a lecture or a
video series,
focusing on
some aspect of cosmology;
followed by a spirited discussion.  There is no need
to be proficient in math or physics formulas. 

We try to keep things as simple as
possible, so everyone can grasp the topic being
presented.  This is a fun group with lots very smart
members to answer just about any questions you

may have about the cosmos.
For more
information contact
Ron Yelton at
ryelton660@aol.com.
 

Our Next Meeting

 

The Cosmology Interest Group (CIG)
typically meets at 6:45 on the third Monday of
each month, in the Fine Arts room at the Orchard
Creek lodge.  The meetings consist of lectures on a
variety of subjects related to astrophysics.  For class
information, see the meeting schedule below.


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Dark Matter

 
January 19, 2026
The early universe: the first atoms, when space changed from opaque to transparent, the accretion of hydrogen and helium gas into protogalaxies.

February 16, 2026
How big was the universe at the instant of the Big Bang?  How can we not know the size of the universe now?
 
March 16, 2026
Can inflation possibly be true? Could a scalar field be the inconceivably high-energy medium that spontaneously triggered inflation, leading to the observable universe?

April 20, 2026
The findings and details surrounding The Big Bang. More information about the Universe and our place in the Cosmos. A discussion of the lecture follows.

May 18, 2026
The last two lectures on the findings and details surrounding The Big Bang. More information about the Universe and our place in it. A discussion of the lecture follows.
June 15, 2026
No activity scheduled.
 
July 2026
On vacation.

August 17, 2026
Smithsonian Lesson 3.  Mars and the search for water and life followed by Lecture 4, talking about Vesta and the Asteroid Belt.

September 21, 2026
Smithsonian Lesson 5.  Saturn and her rings of enchantment, followed by Lesson 6, Jupiter's ice moons Europa and Enceladus. Does life exist beneath their icy crusts?

October 19, 2026
Smithonian Lesson 7. Are other earths out there?  Learn how Kepler has spotted thousands of candidates at stellar distances.  Lesson 8, see how the Spitzer Space Telescope reveals the spiral arms of the the Swan Nebula are active regions of star formation.

November 16, 2026
Smithonian Lesson 9. Learn the origin of the wispy nebula that surrounds the Seven Sisters.  Lesson 10, Eta Carinae is a ticking bomb due to explode as a supernova in the next few hundred thousand years.  Come early, do not miss it!
December 2026
No activity scheduled.