This coming May 5, at McMaster, there’s a Free astronomy talk about Galaxy formation
and cool stuff.

8 PM for 1 hour.

Here’s the abstract…

Beyond the Visible Universe: Galaxy Collisions, Star Formation, and Galactic Evolution

McMaster University, Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Di ? Hamilton, ON

The astronomical research of the next decade will focus on understanding the origins of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the universe itself. Millimeter-wave radio astronomy is a novel and crucial tool in this quest for origins, because it allows us to probe into the cold, dark regions of space where many of these formation processes occur. This talk will illustrate the promise and potential of these techniques by examining spectacular galaxy collisions that have triggered intense bursts of star formation, as well as new results which shed light on the more quiescent star formation which is the norm in galaxies like our own Milky Way. In addition, the talk will describe how new facilities currently under construction, such as the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), promise a revolution in our understanding of the origin of structure in the universe.

It’s got some overlap with our Speaker’s presentation on Feb 13, so if you missed that one, you might
catch up if you get to this talk.

Steve