Photo from Astronomy Faculty retreat cliff walk.

Gregory Snyder

Wednesday, May 1, 10:00 AM

Phillips Auditorium

Title:  Diagnosing the Formation of Elliptical Galaxies

A challenge in extragalactic astronomy is that we cannot watch what happens to galaxies before and after they are observed.  In particular, it remains debated whether galaxy mergers or internal processes drive supermassive black hole growth, trigger luminous starbursts, and shape the population of elliptical galaxies we see today.  However, given increasingly available computer...

You are invited to attend a thesis presentation by Astronomy PhD Candidate, Rebekah Dawson, entitled On the Migratory Behavior of Planetary Systems.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

2:30 PM

Phillips Auditorium

Abstract: For centuries, an orderly view of planetary system architectures, inspired by the nearly circular and co-planar orbits of our solar system's planets, dominated the discourse on planetary systems. However, there is growing evidence that many planetary systems, including our own solar system, underwent a period of...