Niles West observatory will be hosting a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 22 by professor Richard Kron of the University of Chicago from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the South Lobby.

The lecture will be a way to learn about Dark Energy and it will be followed by the use of telescopes according to physics and astronomy teacher Elizabeth Ramseyer.

“Professor Richard Kron of the University of Chicago has been instrumental in the advancement of our understanding of the universe in which we live.  He has been the director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey which discovered that every galaxy in our universe has a supermassive black hole at its center.  He is the current deputy director of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) which had its first successful run late last year.  Our school will be among the first to hear some of its findings. Having the opportunity to listen to his remarks and ask questions is a scholarly endeavor which is exactly why we come to school every day,” Ramseyer said.

Senior Janat Ahmed thinks this will be interesting.

“I think that’s cool. They haven’t publicized it that well, but it sounds interesting,” Ahmed said.

Sophomore Alyssa Castro agrees.

“It sounds pretty interesting, I would go,” Castro said.

Senior Harris Khan, however, believes that it doesn’t sound interesting.

“That doesn’t sound interesting, and I wouldn’t attend, Khan said.

Rand Jassar contributed to this article.