October 2024 edition of the Space Cafe Tokyo will feature ELSI graduate, Dr. Emily Wong, a postdoctoral researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of University of Geneva (Switzerland). Wong will present the “Secrets of the Icy Moons: Ancient Ages Hidden in Craters.”

Discover how we can reveal the ancient geological history of icy moons like Enceladus by counting craters and simulating the chaotic outer solar system. Learn how these frozen worlds hold clues to the past through their scars from cosmic collisions and may also provide the conditions necessary for life to emerge beneath their frosty surfaces.

Speaker info:

Emily Wong graduated from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) in Tokyo and a postgraduate at the Astronomical Observatory of University of Geneva (Switzerland). Emily always has been fascinated by space, starting from childhood curiosity about exoplanets. She pursued astronomy at the University of Hong Kong, focusing on stellar evolution and star clusters. That passion for planetary science led her to ELSI in Tokyo for graduate studies, where she expanded her research to geoscience and the dynamics of the solar system. She will share her studies on icy moons like Enceladus, using crater counting and dynamic simulations to uncover their hidden histories, which may have provided the necessary conditions for life to emerge deep within its ocean.

Date: Thursday, 10 October 2024

Time: 20:00 (doors open at 19:30)

Venue: Good Heavens, Shimokitazawa

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1060379189207912/

Space Cafe Tokyo is hosted by members of ELSI, Kavli-IPMU, UTokyo, and NAOJ. Space Cafe Tokyo brings science a bit closer to the public in a cosy environment in Shimokitazawa. The event is held monthly where we invite experts, scholars, and students in the field of space/astronomy-related to present a research project or a topic that they are working on.