POV Chennai (Lecture 3): The Cosmic Peekaboo

For our Third Lecture, we’re bringing you Smrithi Santhoshi Nair, an astrophysicist and curriculum technologist who studies how stars hide their secrets in light. Her work blends solar and stellar physics, large-scale simulations, and real telescope data to decode the invisible stories of the universe. At Lab of Future, she also designs immersive learning experiences—from mini rovers and satellites to spectroscopes and Martian habitats—turning space science into hands-on adventures for learners of all ages

Talk: The Cosmic Peekaboo

The Science of Disappearing Stars and What They’re Hiding

Some stories in the universe are told not in words, but in shadows.

In this session, we follow the rhythm of two stars circling each other—vanishing, dimming, returning—to decode the secrets tucked inside their light. Through TESS and Kepler observations, we’ll trace how every dip in brightness whispers a detail: a star’s size, its heat, its weight, its orbit. With simulations as our guide, we reconstruct these unseen worlds. It’s a quiet, luminous tale about how astronomers learn to read the universe by watching when it chooses to hide.

🍺 What to Expect

• A 60-minute lecture on how eclipses expose stellar secrets.
• 15–20 minutes of interactive Q&A
• One pint of beer or mocktail or coffee included with your ticket
• A lively mixer to meet fellow curiosity-seekers and spark great conversations.

📅 Event Details

• 📍 Venue: The Park, Nungambakkam
• 🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21st December
• 🕓 Time: 4 PM – 6 PM
• 🎟️ Capacity: Limited to 80 attendees

🍸 About Pint of View

Inspired by the Lectures on Tap movement in the U.S., Pint of View brings this format to India, a space where big ideas meet bar tables. You come for the drink, stay for the discussion, and leave with a new way of seeing the world.

Book now & develop your own Pint of View! 🍻