Apologies for the short notice, my PC went "bye-bye" and I'm only now recovering with a brand-new replacement.
How did galaxies like our own Milky Way Galaxy — home to the Sun and over 100 billion other stars — form soon after the Big Bang? How did they evolve over billions of years into the galaxies we see near us today?
One way to address those questions is to look far back in time to see galaxies forming directly. Some of the most spectacular and interesting such distant galaxies are dusty, star-forming galaxies, some of which are forming stars more than 1,000 times faster than the Milky Way currently does.
How do they do it? Where does the gas come from? Are they actually two giant galaxies colliding? What can they tell us about the formation of galaxies in general?
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Large Millimeter Telescope, and other major telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of researchers called PASSAGES is taking a deep dive into these early cauldrons of star formation.
Join the Astronomical League of the Philippines in a free webinar discussing these questions presented by James D. Lowenthal, Professor of Astronomy, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Dr. James Lowenthal is a Professor of Astronomy at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
His research interests include high-redshift galaxies, Lyman-break galaxies, starburst galaxies, millimeter- and sub-millimeter-wavelength galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution, QSO absorption line systems, QSO host galaxies and ultra-faint radio sources. He has used some of the largest telescopes in the world, such as Keck, Hubble, Spitzer and the Large Millimeter Telescope in Sierra Negra, Mexico.
The webinar will be held on November 23 (Saturday) at 8:30 pm EST / November 24 (Sunday) at 9:30 am Philippine Standard Time. Again, apologies for the short notice.
Register now for this free Zoom online talk using this link - https://bit.ly/4flc6hw or by scanning the QR code in the poster shown here using your cellphone camera. After registration, check your registered e-mail for the Zoom meeting link. See you!
Please ignore the date on the attached flyer. This talk was originally scheduled for last week, but was postponed due to a strong typhoon that threatened the Philippines at the time. The correct date is November 23 US/November 24 Philippines.
Thanks,
Eric
