The Spring Launch: Science, Society, and Our Environment
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
12:00 PM
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
Scheduled
About This Event
At the American Museum of Natural History, the Frontiers Lecture “Dark Energy and the Fate of the Cosmos” places a live scientist onstage to talk through one of astronomy’s most unsettled problems: what is driving the universe’s accelerating expansion, and what that implies for its long-term endgame. The format is closer to a public seminar than a show, with big ideas translated into plain language and current evidence. In a city that treats museums as public forums, the series functions like civic programming with a cosmic scale. The sober pace can feel demanding, but that is part of its value.
About Frontiers Lecture: Dark Energy and the Fate of the Cosmos
At the American Museum of Natural History, the Frontiers Lecture “Dark Energy and the Fate of the Cosmos” places a live scientist onstage to talk through one of astronomy’s most unsettled problems: what is driving the universe’s accelerating expansion, and what that implies for its long-term endgame. The format is closer to a public seminar than a show, with big ideas translated into plain language and current evidence. In a city that treats museums as public forums, the series functions like civic programming with a cosmic scale. The sober pace can feel demanding, but that is part of its value.