IISER Pune has organzed the following events to celebrate National Science Day on February 28, 2017:
1. The 3rd Linus Pauling Interschool Science Quiz Competition
2. Public Lecture on NASA's record breaking exoplanet discovery
Search For Extra-terrestrial Life
(Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
Date: 28th February, 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Sir CV Raman Auditorium
Abstract: Is there life anywhere else in the vast cosmos? Are there planets similar to the Earth? For centuries, these questions baffled the curious mind of human because either the positive or the negative answer, if found any day, would carry a deep philosophy to our very existence in the universe. Although the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence was initiated decades ago, a systematic scientific and global quest towards achieving a convincing answer began in 1995 with the discovery of the first confirmed planet orbiting around a solar type star 51 Pegasi Since then, astronomers have discovered so many exoplanets of different varieties that our knowledge and understanding about planets have been revolutionized and we are possibly on the verge of getting an answer. In the present talk,I shall describe the ambiguity and limitations of our current understanding of planets, the main methods of detecting the planets outside the solar system and the current status in the search of habitable planets similar to Earth.
The 3rd Linus Pauling Interschool Science Quiz Competition
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Time: 12.00 noon onwards. Teams are requested to be present at the venue by 11.15 am.
Venue: CV Raman Auditorium, IISER Pune
Eligibility: Students of class VIII-XII can participate in teams of two. Solo entries will not be allowed. There is no restriction on the number of teams per school. Participating teams are required to get a school id or bona-fide letter.
Registration: Click here to register online (Click here for more information)
*Note: Participants are requested to bring their own writing material (pens, pencils)
