#  Are We Alone in the Universe? The Giant Magellan Telescope in Las Campanas, Chile 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 7, 2020** 

 06:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

 



 

 7:00 pm (Local time in Chile)

 This event is in English and virtual, to join [click here](https://worldwide.harvard.edu/24hh-24-hours-harvard%20).

 Chile was selected as the best site for the [Giant Magellan Telescope](https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/giant-magellan-telescope) because of the country’s outstanding astronomical positioning and clear weather throughout most of the year. Thanks to a pre-recorded video, we will hear the voices of faculty protagonists and researchers from the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Harvard and from astronomers in Chile explaining why this super-giant earth bases telescope promises to revolutionize our view and understanding of the universe. After the video we will have a vivid conversation from Chile with local astronomers.

 **Featuring**:

- Dr. Guillermo Blanc*,* Astronomer, Staff Associate at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science; Professor Universidad de Chile
- Dr. Cesar Fuentes, Professor, Astronomy Department, Universidad de Chile, Vice President Harvard Club de Chile
- Juliana García-Mejía, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, Harvard; Ford Foundation Fellow; NSF Graduate Research Fellow
- Dr. Viviana Guzmán, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Postdoctoral researcher Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)
- Dr. Andrés Jordán, Director of the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics MAS; Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
- Dr. Brian McLeod, Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)
- Teresa Paneque Carreño*,* PhD student, Astronomer Universidad de Chile
- Dr. Miguel Roth, Vice -President and Legal Representative Giant Magellan Telescope Corporation-Chile
- Dr. Surangkhana Rudkee, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)
- Dr. Christopher W. Stubbs, Dean of Science, Samuel C. Moncher, Professor of Physics and of Astronomy
- Dr. Andrew Szentgyorgyi. Associate Director, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)

 *Presented as part of* [24 Hours of Harvard - Worldwide Week at Harvard 2020](https://worldwide.harvard.edu/24hh-24-hours-harvard)



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Virtual ](/location/virtual)
- [ Andes & Southern Cone ](/programs-initiatives/andes-southern-cone)
 
 

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