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YAE In-Person Family STEM Forum
March
30,
2023
05:00 PM
Community Events
Please join us in-person to learn more about astronomy during our Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program spring event "Family STEM Forum" followed by an opportunity to engage in hands-on…
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Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis from the Birth of Black Holes
March
15,
2023
03:00 PM
Colloquia
The origin of the heaviest elements in our universe—those produced via the rapid neutron capture process ("r-process")—remains a question of intense debate. Although the kilonova…
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Understanding the Role of Quasar Feedback and Radio Emission in Red Quasars
March
8,
2023
03:00 PM
Colloquia
Observational evidence suggests that quasar activity plays an important role in regulating how galaxies and their nuclear supermassive black holes grow and co-evolve, despite their orders-of-magnitude…
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Active Galaxies: Monsters of the Deep (Space)
March
7,
2023
08:00 PM
Lectures
Speaker: Travis Fischer (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Active galaxies are some of the most fascinating objects in the universe. They emit copious amounts of energy, often exceeding the energy…
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Life in the Light: Photochemical Insights Towards Life as a Planetary Phenomenon
March
3,
2023
12:00 PM
Lectures
Advances in origins-of-life chemistry are transforming our understanding of how life emerged on Earth, while upcoming space missions offer the prospect of detecting life on other worlds. Fundamental to…
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Dwarf Galaxy Archaeology in the Gaia Era
March
1,
2023
03:00 PM
Colloquia
The Milky Way's satellite dwarf galaxies are powerful probes of many important astrophysical processes. Their kinematics provide insights into galactic dynamics and the nature of dark matter, while…
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Deciphering the Effects of Evolved Stars on Galaxies
February
22,
2023
03:00 PM
Colloquia
Thermally-pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch (TP-AGB) stars dominate the IR flux in star-forming galaxies (up to 70%). This dominance has a significant impact on model-dependent derived galaxy properties…
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A Collage of Exoplanets on the Mass-Period Diagram
February
15,
2023
03:00 PM
Colloquia
I will talk about different populations of exoplanets and their interconnection. Specifically, I will present chemical composition measurements for hot Jupiters and directly-imaged young jovian planets,…
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Dynamical Tests of Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation Theories in the Milky Way
February
8,
2023
03:00 PM
Colloquia
The results of the Gaia astrometric mission have ushered in a new era of "precision Galactic dynamics". Using this new phase-space map of Galactic stars with unprecedented volume and…
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Supermassive Black Holes in the Center of Galaxies
February
7,
2023
08:00 PM
Lectures
Speaker: Darshan Kakkad (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Most galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their center, including our Milky Way. Despite being surrounded by a galaxy that is 1,000…
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Multiscale Planetary Habitability: Analyzing the Role of Large Volcanic Eruptions and Seafloor Bathymetry
February
3,
2023
12:00 PM
Lectures
The history of life on Earth illustrates that perturbations on a scale of 10s-100s of kyr – e.g., a single large extraterrestrial impact or large-scale volcanic event – greatly affect the viability…
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Uncovering the Galactic Black Hole Population with Gravitational Microlensing
January
19,
2023
04:00 PM
Lectures
There are expected to be 100 million black holes (BHs) in the Milky Way, although until recently mass measurements existed for only two dozen or so in X-ray binary systems. However, a substantial fraction…
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The Art & Science of Webb Imagery
January
17,
2023
04:00 PM
Lectures
Speakers: Alyssa Pagan and Joseph DePasquale (Space Telescope Science Institute)
The amazing visions from the Webb Space Telescope have captivated the world. But a lot of work goes into creating…
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Surprising Supercharged Science with Swift
December
6,
2022
08:00 PM
Lectures
Speaker: Steve Kerby (Penn State University)
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was originally designed to study gamma-ray bursts, but now does many types of multi-wavelength astronomy. Though lesser-known…
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Dragonfly: In Situ Exploration of Prebiotic Chemistry and Habitability on Saturn's Moon Titan
December
2,
2022
12:00 PM
Lectures
Titan is an unusual icy satellite and ocean world, with a dense atmosphere, abundant complex organic material on its surface, and a liquid-water ocean in its interior. The Cassini-Huygens mission…
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