Astronomy Colloquium: Dr. Jason Hinkle

4421 Sterling
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Dr. Jason Hinkle Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: Probing Supermassive Black Holes in the Golden Era of Time Domain Astronomy Abstract: Optical transient surveys have ushered in the golden era of time-domain astronomy …

Astronomy Colloquium: Prof. David Nataf

4421 Sterling
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Prof. David Nataf Institution: University of Iowa Title: JWST Imaging of the Stellar Populations of Andromeda and Triangulum Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing virtually all areas of observational astrophysics, and that …

Astronomy Colloquium: Dr. David Rice

4421 Sterling
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Speaker: Dr. David Rice Institution: UW-Madison Title: Toward Real Rocky Planet Interiors with Ideal Multicomponent Mixing Abstract: As observational precision improves, a leading uncertainty in exoplanet interior inference is no longer the data but our …

Astronomy Colloquium: Prof. Daniel Stevens

4421 Sterling
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Speaker: Prof. Daniel Stevens Institution: UMN-Duluth Title: Single-lined Eclipsing Binary Stars: A Stellar Astronomy Multi-Tool Abstract: Precisely and accurately measured stellar properties such as mass and radius are important for a wide range of science …

Astronomy/WiCOR Joint Colloquium: Prof. Victoria Meadows

4421 Sterling
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Speaker: Victoria Meadows Institution: Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute Title: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory and the Search for Signs of Life on Exoplanets Abstract: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory is a massively interdisciplinary research group that …