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Astrophysics Calendar

The calendar is a collection of events hosted by The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, and other local institutions and groups focused on Astrophysics and Astronomy. Emails are sent out every Friday with the calendar for the upcoming week and daily emails are sent with each days events. If you are interested in being added to the calendar distribution list, please contact Amanda Cenker, Academic Assistant at IAS.

Mar
04
2026

University of Pennsylvania Physics & Astronomy Colloquium

From Mergers to Magnetars: Quest for the Origin of the Heaviest Elements
Brian David Metzger
3:30pm|David Rittenhouse Laboratory Room A4, University of Pennsylvania

Roughly half of the elements heavier than iron in the universe are forged in extreme, neutron-rich environments where nuclei capture neutrons faster than they can undergo beta decay—the so-called r-process. The discovery of "kilonova" emission...

Mar
10
2026

Princeton University Dark Cosmos Seminar

Freezing-in the Axiverse
Christipher Dessert
4:00pm|Jadwin Hall, Joe Henry Room

Abstract - The presence of light axions in the infrared is a generic feature of many ultraviolet (UV) scenarios, including string theory, with the number of such axions N naturally O(10-100). Even when these axions interact very weakly with the...

Mar
16
2026

IAS Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center Kick-off Conference

9:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Organizers:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
Francisco Vazão
Matias Zaldarriaga

This event is the kick-off conference for the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry. It is a collaboration between the Max Planck...