WELCOME
The Energetic Cosmos Laboratory, founded by Nobel Laureate Dr. George F. Smoot, is one of the leading international cosmology and astrophysical research laboratories, with state of the art facilities at the Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The main goal of the center is to investigate the fundamental questions of cosmology and energetic processes in cosmos which include topics related to the birth and evolution of the universe.
News
- Prof. Katie Mack, who gave an ECL Autumn Colloquium last year on black holes, has just been named inaugural Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication at Perimeter Institute. [December 8, 2021]
- Prof. Eric Linder shared valuable information on how to succeed in research and build essential skills for the career development with NU students in his talk Astrophysics Research Skills and Career Development. [November 5, 2021]
- Dr. Bruce Grossan, one of the key founders of the Energetic Cosmos Laboratory gave a public talk entitled, Technology of NU’s Robotic Astronomical Telescope, the NUTTelA-TAO, revealing the nitty-gritty details of the fully automated telescope hunting for gamma-ray bursts. [October 22, 2021]
Post-covid picnic
After vaccination, the ECL team was able to organize a picnic in the botanical garden near NU:
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