• W. M. Keck Observatory Cosmic Events - Exploring Galaxies and Beyond

    July 29, 2021
    Astronomy Talk - Galaxies turn gas into giant collections of stars that light up the universe.  This simple statement of what happens with galaxies like our own leads to deeper questions of how this happens:  How does gas flow into galaxies?  How do stars help return this gas to the universe?  How does this process evolve as the universe gets older?  And ultimately how do we, as people with telescopes and computers, explore the answers to these questions?  In this talk, Dr. Corlies will present how we use our understanding of astronomy and supercomputers to build simulated galaxies to try to answer these questions.  She will show how these models provide predictions for telescopes to test and how they help design telescopes for the future.
    Thursday, August 19, 2021
    5:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time
    Free and Open to the Public
    Keck Observatory Astronomy Talks are supported by the
    Rob and Terry Ryan Foundation 
    Zoom Webinar Connection
    https://bit.ly/Keck-Corlies

    or Zoom ID:  918 5759 0506
    This talk will also be live-streamed on Facebook