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UW Space Place Guest Presentation

“Astronomy from the Milky Way to the far Beyond: The Modern Gaia-JWST Era”

Event Details

Date
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Time
7-8 p.m.
Location
UW Space Place, 2300 S. Park St. (lower level of the Atrium)
Description
Very new observational tools, such as the Gaia and JWST space observatories, have already given astronomers unprecedented insights into our own galaxy and the history of the universe, with more to come. This presentation will provide a tour through the premier results of these recent revolutionary observations and connect them to detailed galaxy simulations developed for probing structure formation in local disk galaxies like our Milky Way.
Cost
Free

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