The Cosmic Web comes to Bath

Space may be the final frontier but not many people know anything about it...

Residents in Bath are being given the chance to learn more about our universe and how it was created.

A public lecture, led by Professor Peter Coles from Cardiff University, will explain the theories that suggest how and why the universe was made.

Over the last few decades, astronomers have found that our cosmos is not only vast in scale but also very complex.

The event, at the University of Bath on 19 November, is free and people are welcome to just turn up on the night.

Professor Peter Coles, from Cardiff University, will focus on describing properties of the large-scale structure of the Universe and explaining the theories that suggest how and why its complexity was generated.

He said: "Cosmologist have developed theoretical explanations for the universe's origin that involve exotic concepts such as 'dark matter' and 'cosmic inflation', producing a cosmic web of ideas that is in some way as rich and fascinating as the universe itself."

Professor Coles has been a speaker at talks all over the world, as well as an organiser of international meetings.

This is an annual lecture organised by the university and the William Herschel Society.

For further information, contact Stephanie Marshall on 01225 383659 or email [e-mail]