Celebrate National Science Week with Merri-Bek Libraries!

Have you ever wondered what dark matter is but were too afraid to ask?

Come along to meet Dr Elisabetta Barberio, the ‘dark matter detective.’ Dr Barberio is a physicist at Melbourne University and the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics. She was also part of the team at the Large Hadron Collider that discovered the Higgs Boson or ‘God Particle’ in 2012.

Dr Barberio will discuss what dark matter is and the role it might play in our universe. She will also chat about why an underground laboratory in the abandoned gold mines of Stawell is the perfect place to discover more about how our universe works.

Dr Barberio’s talk is open to all.

A National Science Week event, presented with the support of the Inspiring Victoria program.