Celestial Hour
One hour. One astronomer. One universe to explore
A live webinar series for everyone who has ever looked up and wanted to know more, hosted by the people who do.
Prof. Arif Babul
Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada
Dr. Arif Babul is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria in Canada. He received his PhD from Princeton University. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards for his significant contributions to the study of cosmic structure, including galaxy formation. In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society and awarded the prestigious Infosys Visiting Chair Professorship at the Indian Institute for Science as well as a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of Edinburgh. Last year he was awarded the David H. Turpin Gold Medal for Career Achievement in Research, which honours exceptional career-long accomplishments in pushing the boundaries of knowledge, and this year, he received the 2026 Carlyle S. Beals Award for outstanding scientific achievement by the Canadian Astronomical Society.
Webinar
Our Universe: From the Big Bang to Today
How did the Universe come to look the way it does? Human beings have been asking this question since the dawn of civilisation. Today, powerful supercomputers, advanced physical models, and data from next-generation space telescopes like Hubble and James Webb are transforming how we explore that question, and what we’re discovering is nothing short of astounding!
Using CGI and animation, astrophysicist Dr Arif Babul, Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria will share how scientists are piecing together a detailed picture of the universe, describe challenges we are still struggling to overcome, and reflect on what the path forward looks like.
Date: 14 Aug 2026
Time: 5:00 pm IST
Register Today. Limited seats available.
Free to attend but registration required.
Conversations That Bring the Universe Closer
The universe is 13.8 billion years old, and it is full of mysteries. At Starscapes Experiences, we believe the best way to fall in love with the cosmos is to hear about it from the people who have devoted their lives to it. That’s why we are introducing Celestial hour, a free, live webinar series where eminent astronomers, astrophysicists, and space scientists join us to share their discoveries, and their stories.
Whether you’re an enthusiastic stargazer, a student of science, or simply someone who has looked up at the night sky and felt the pull of something vast, these conversations are for you. Each session is an intimate, unhurried dialogue: part lecture, part storytelling, part live Q&A. No jargon walls. Just real science, real passion, and the kind of perspective that only comes from spending a career looking outward.
From dark-sky expeditions to deep-field imaging, from black hole research to the search for exoplanets, our speakers bring the frontier to you.
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